 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 written by your Lordship.  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson - Stran 33avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 strani
...of mankind. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709-1784. (Manual, p. 333.) 21O• LETTER TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. My Lord, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1870 - 618 strani
...Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC " To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield; " My Lord, " I have been lately informed by the proprietor...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 strani
...commended to the student as a model for imitation. [Letter to Lord Chesterfield.] February 7, 1755MY LORD : I have been lately informed by the proprietor...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1871 - 144 strani
...person of a sovereign priuce, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot. /. I have been lately informed by the proprietor of the...which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, ware written by your Lordship. g. Seven years have now passed since I waited In your outward rooms... | |
 | 1872 - 556 strani
...one revolution, it may be lost by another. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709—1784.] TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. My LORD— I have been lately informed, by the proprietor...which, being very little accustomed to favours from thegreat, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement,... | |
 | James O'Donnell Bennett - 1928 - 488 strani
...was dreaming and scheming that to him should fall the honor of the new dictionary's dedication : "Mv LORD, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in whicl my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 strani
...the proprietor 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 an honour, which, being very little 1 Dr. Johnson appeared to have had a remarkable delicacy with respect to the circulation of this letter;... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 strani
...THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. "February jth, 1755. " MY LORD, — I have lately been informed by the proprietor of the World that two papers in which my Dictionary was recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which,... | |
 | 1909 - 498 strani
...Draise. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD February 7, 1755. MY LORD: I HAVE lately been informed by the proprietor of The World, that two...written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | 1910 - 498 strani
...Johnson, Ch. 18). — I have lately seen Mr S ... who has told me of your quarrel (Ibid. Ch. XI). — l have been lately informed . . . by the proprietor...recommended to the public were written by your lordship (Johnson to Chesterfield, 7. Febr. 1755) '). — I have L ife. That particular view of chivalry which... | |
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