 | William Combe - 1806 - 268 pages
...matter, by your leave, into debate with you. I remain, v\ it'i great regard, Sec. 85 LETTER XXV. MY DEAR I MUST acknowledge, notwithstanding I am treated with...dedicator possesses, he is a blab of the first delivery, aud I dared not venture to trust him. The testamentary arrangement which appointed him to the honourable... | |
 | William Combe - English letters - 1812 - 262 pages
...you. I remain, with great regard, &c. LETTER XXV. MY DEAR , I MUST acknowledge, notwithstanding I ani treated with some degree of civility in it, that the...honourable labours of an editor, took its rise from three motives ; — first, to mark a degree of parental resentment against an ungracious son ; —... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 782 pages
...to which it is prefixed. You wonder I did not write a better for him myself; and I would most surely have done it, but, among many excellent qualities...arrangement which appointed him to the honourable labours of tin Editor, took its rise from three motives : 1 . To mark a degree of parental resentment against... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 794 pages
...among many excellent qualities 'which this DedTcator possesses, he is a blab of the first deliver)', and I dared not venture to trust him. The testamentary...honourable labours of an Editor, took its rise from three motives : 1. To mark a degree of panntal resentment against an ungracious son ; 2. From an opinion... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 844 pages
...poistsses, he is a bLd> of the first delivery, and 1 dared not venture to tn:>t him. The testame'ntar* arrangement which appointed him to the honourable, labours of an Editor, took its rise from three motives : 1. To mark a degree of parental resentment against an ungracious son ; 2. From an opinion... | |
 | Biography - 1844 - 440 pages
...name in 1780, which collection, however, was declared by Lord Lyttelton's family to be spurious. " The testamentary arrangement which appointed him to the honourable labours of an editor," observes the writer of the letter referred to, "took its rise from these motives: 1. To mark a degree... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1844 - 432 pages
...name in 1 780, which collection, however, was declared by Lord Lyttelton's family to be spurious. " The testamentary arrangement which appointed him to the honourable labours of an editor," observes the writer of the letter referred to, "took its rise from these motives: 1. To mark a degree... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1844 - 434 pages
...name in 1780, which collection, however, was declared by Lord Lyttelton's family to be spurious. " The testamentary arrangement which appointed him to the honourable labours of an editor," observes the writer of the letter referred to, "took its rise from these motives: 1. To mark a degree... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1849 - 516 pages
...did not write a better for him myself ; and I would most surely have done it, but among many other excellent qualities which this dedicator possesses,...honourable labours of an editor, took its rise from three motives : — 1. To mark a degree of parental resentment against an ungracious son. 2. From an... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1849 - 528 pages
...I did not write a better for him myself; and I would most surely have done it, but among many other excellent qualities which this dedicator possesses,...honourable labours of an editor, took its rise from three motives : — 1. To mark a degree of parental resentment against an ungracious son. 2. From an... | |
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I dared not venture to trust him. The testamentary arrangement which appointed him to the honourable labours of an editor, took its rise from three motives : — 1. 