 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...EIOBT HOs. THE 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... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 594 pages
...therefore given in full : — "TO THE R10UT HON. THE XABL Or CHESTERFIELD. " Rbruary 7, 1775. "My LORD, — I have been lately informed by the proprietor of 'The World,' that two papers, iu which my ' Dictionary' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...to personal character than to literary power. It explains itself : " 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 favors from the great, I know not well how to receive,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...unequalled in English literature. TO -I'll i: RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mr LORD : "t 1 have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The...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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. HT LOBD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...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,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
....' 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...to the public, were written by your lordship. To be to distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...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...written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not how to receive, or in... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...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, were written by your Lordship. To be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...perhaps, unequalled in English literature. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Mr LORD : I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...world has so eagerly desired to see. TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. " February 7. 1755. " Mr I in. M, — I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of...from the great, I know not well how to receive, or iu what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship,... | |
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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. To be so distinguished, is an... 
