 To the Right Honourable the Earl of 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 publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is...  Works - Page 51by Samuel Johnson - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...be caught by the lure thrown out by Lord Chesterfield. lie had in vain sought the patronage ofthat nobleman; and his pride, exasperated by disappointment,...dated in the month of February, 1755. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors of The... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...be depend ? What kind of a phrase is all at once ? How is sun parsed ? 11. "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the "World that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...than to literary power. It explains itself: " My Lord, " I have lately been informed by the proprietor of 'The World/ that two papers in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publiek were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. "Fehruary 7, 1775. " MY LORD, — I have heen lately informed hy the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my 'Dictionary' is recommended to the puhlic, were written hy your lordship. To he so distinguished is an honor which, heing very little... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...condensed, vigor of its thought, is, perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1855 - 332 pages
...in sickness and in sorrow, and without the patronage of the great," was not likely to be caught by the lure thrown out by Lord Chesterfield. He had in...dated in the month of February, 1755. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield. " MY LORD, " I have been lately informed, by the proprietors of The... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
...GBAY. Upon what does to be depend ? What kind of a phrase is all at once .' How is sun, parsed } 10. " To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield :—..." MY LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the 'World* that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...over, their ruins and vestiges are regarded with pious affection. — (SYDNEY SMITH.) DR. JOHNSON TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of the " World," that two papers,8 in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...be depend ? What kind of a phrase is all at once ? How is sun parsed ? 10. " To the Might Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield: " MY LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the World that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...condensed vigor of its thought, is, perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were... | |
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