 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...WOETHLESSNESS OF THE PATRONAGE OF " THB GREAT." Dr. Johnson's celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield.* My Lord, — I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of THE WORLD, f that two papers, in which my dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...not, unse. l— not, Gda'pl. 0Sl'l4nt. SECTION XII. Dr. Johnson'i Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield. MY LORD : I have been lately informed by the proprietor...an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...the Right Hon. the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors Dearborn public, were written by vour Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour which, being very little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...ready;" or words to that LETTER 25. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7. 1755. "My LORD,—I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of '...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...what the world has so eagerly desired to see. "TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " 7th February, 17Mw " hall see] neglect what he had undertaken. By his interest with the Rev. Dr. Adams, ma 1 [It docs not appear that there was any thing like "device" or " artifice." — ED.] 1 Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1836 - 342 pages
...MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS. Dr. Johnson to the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield. February, 1755. MY LORD, I HAVE been lately informed by the proprietor of the World, that two papers, in which my Die. tionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...Right Hon. the Earl <tf CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour which, being very little... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...lesson to both patrons and authors that stands upon record in the annals of literary history : — " I have been lately informed by the proprietor of :...The World,' that two papers, in which my dictionary s recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be distinguished is an honour, which,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...unless the pilot, perish'. SECTION XII. Dr. Johnson's Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield. MY LOBD : I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...following letter, dated in the month of February, 1755. " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little... | |
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World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what... 
