 | English literature - 1791 - 542 pages
...written by your Loidihip. To lie fo diltinguiflicd, is an honour, which, being very little accultomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to...receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. . " When, upon fome fiight encouragement, I firlt viiited your Lordlhip, I was overjKjwered, like the reft of mankind,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...written by your Lordfhip. To be fo diftinguifhed, is an honour, which, being very little accuftomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to...receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon fome flight encouragement, I firft vifited your Lordfhip, I was overpowered, like the reft of mankind,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1791 - 718 pages
...were written by your Lordfhip. To be fo diftinguiihed is an honour which, being very little accuftomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to...receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon fonie flight encouragement, I firft vifited your Lordfhip, I was overpowered, Jike the reft of mankind,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...your Lordfhip. To be fo diftinguifhed, is an honour, which, being very little accuftomed to-favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon fome flight encouragement, I firft vifited your Lordfhip, I was overpowered, like the reft of mankind,... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1796 - 512 pages
...written by your Lordfhip. To be fo diftingttiflied, is an honour, which, being very little accuftomcd to favours from the great, I know not well how to...receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon fouie flight encouragement, I firft vifited your LordIhip, I was overpowered, like the reft of mankind,... | |
 | Joseph Towers - France - 1796 - 464 pages
...written by your « lordfhip. To be fo diftinguifhed is an honour, « which, being very little accuftomed to favours from « the great, I know not well how...receive, or in * what terms to acknowledge. ' When,, informed the public in his preface^ that his work had been executed " with little " affiftanee df the... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...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...slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...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...slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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...slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...ptiblic, 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...slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,N by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear... | |
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Dictionary is recommended to the public, 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 terms to acknowledge. 
