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Letter to Chesterfield - Wikipedia  The Letter to Chesterfield (February 1755) was Samuel Johnson's response to what some believed to be Lord Chesterfield's opportunistic endorsement of his A Dictionary of the English Language. Although Chesterfield was patron of the Proposal for the Dictionary, he made ... One of those to receive a request for patronage was Lord Chesterfield,...
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Samuel Johnson - Johnson's Dictionary - Today in Literature  On this day in 1755 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was ... a Tory, he defined "Whig" as "the name of a faction"; having been snubbed in his effort to obtain financial backing for his Dictionary from Lord Chesterfield, he defined ... to completing his labors, Johnson did receive an offer of help from m'Lord,...
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Samuel Johnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield (February 1755)  Samuel Johnson's letter snubbing the belated efforts of help from his would be patron ... (7th February 1755). To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Chesterfield My Lord, ... my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. ... in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
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English 2430: Readings - University of Wyoming  Sep 1, 2016 ... Samuel Johnson, Letter to Lord Chesterfield (1755) ...... Such late was Walsh,  the Muse's Judge and Friend, ...... any one was near him, having for some time fixed his eyes upon the ...... and the Jail: In 1755, after Johnson had published his Dictionary, he ...... Indignant spurns the cottage from the green;
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An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson - Wikisource ...  Mar 31, 2012 ... Late in life, if any man praised a book in his presence, he was sure to ask, "Did you read it through? ..... Johnson, having now abandoned all hopes of promoting his fortune ..... What lord Chesterfield thought of his visitor may be seen in a ..... The Dictionary was completed towards the end of 1754; and, Cave...
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Full text of "The Century dictionary and cyclopedia ... - Internet Archive  The total number of words and names defined or other- wise described in the completed .... A superior figure placed after a title-word in- dicates that the word so marked is distinct ..... 2. A medley; something extravagant or calcu- lated to please an idle fancy. ... You are a delicate Londoner ; you are a macaroni; you can't ride.
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Extracts from the Gazette, 1739  [Advertisement] Benjamin Franklin, Printer, is removed from the House he lately dwelt .... of his Journals and Sermons, with Leave to print the same; I propose to publish them ... by B. Franklin, Post-Master, at the New Printing-Office near the Market. ... Cure for the Pleurisy in Poor Richard's Almanack for 1740 (see below, pp.
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The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts: 1500 ...  to offer succinct working definitions of terms commonly used in literary history which students ...... But while the history of her reign shows .... other leaders of the resistance to the king; Charles's failed attempt in early ...... 1730s and forced the latter's resignation (1742). ...... 'The Quay of the Piazzetta'; Franois Boucher [pnt].
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Subtle, Doubt, Receipt | Antimoon Forum  Jun 2, 2006 ... It's just that it took me a long time after I came to this country to realize that ... Letters can be silent for a variety of reasons: to distinguish meaning between ... who wished to reflect the ultimate origin of the word in Latin "debitum. ... While Modern French spelling reform has eliminated the "b" in this position,...
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Wretches and Drudges: The Humor in Johnson's Dictionary ...  Oct 16, 2014 ... ... Dictionary of the English Language, which was first published in 1755. ... As he toiled away on his project, Johnson became understandably bored, and ... dull: Not exhilarating; not delightful; as, to make dictionaries is dull work. ... Johnson, annoyed with his benefactor the Earl of Chesterfield, wrote this...
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The Whole Autobiography in one file < Benjamin Franklin His ...  Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757 .... Mr. George Brownell, very successful in his profession generally, and that by ..... If you ask, Why less properly? ... new indentures for the remainder of the term, which were to be kept private. ... and this I therefore reckon one of the first errata of my life; but the unfairness of it...
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The First Complete Edition of Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography"  To anyone inclined to judge a book by its cover, the 1828 Paris edition ... years. 1. [A. Charles Renouard, ed.] Memoires sur la vie de Benjamin Franklin, ecritspar ... behind the manuscript of part 1 of his nascent memoirs. .... ter Franklin died. .... written by a disgruntled American loyalist, while the English edition published by.
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The Devil's Dictionary - Wikipedia  The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, ... Bierce's witty definitions were imitated and plagiarized for years before he gathered them ... the words preceding "Abasement", which were originally defined in the Demon's Dictionary. .... Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company.
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Selections from Johnson's Dictionary - Rutgers University  All the selections are from the first edition of Johnson's Dictionary , 1755, and ..... John had not run a madding so long, had it not been for an extravagant bitch of a ... which has prevailed among us for some years, we should find, that it owes its rise ..... One science only will one genius fit; ..... One who moves heavily and dully.
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Dr Johnson's Dictionary - QI : Quite Interesting  Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is one of the 18th century's most famous writers, best known for his ... Although Dr Johnson's dictionary had 42,773 entries, it was far from .... Dr Johnson had a pet cat called Hodge that he fed with fresh oysters.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield - Wikipedia  Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG PC (22 September 1694  24 March 1773) ... In that year, King George I quarreled with his son, the Prince of Wales .... he wrote him letters in French, English, and Latin, mostly instructive ... a man of alert memory and fine manners; his last words Give Dayrolles a chair,...
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Suppression of the Jesuits (1770 ...  They are banished, and their order suppressed, with harsh and denunciatory words even ... On 1 April 1758, a brief was obtained from the aged pope Benedict XIV, ... Before Clement XIII had become pope (6 July, 1758) the work of the Society had ... the governor of the island dated 1753 is extant in praise of his enterprise.
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Old Mistresses Apologue, 25 June 1745 - Founders Online  Thus Franklin's autograph Old Mistresses' Apologue was discarded. ... Your Reasons against entring into it at present, appear to me not well-founded. ... with the Sex inevitable, then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. ... 8[thly and Lastly]3 They are so grateful!
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Chapter II - To Lord Howe - Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1777 < Thomas ...  The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in ... It is surprising to what a pitch of infatuation, blind folly and obstinacy will carry ... You may issue your proclamations, and welcome, for we have learned to .... of lies among those who are not much in the way of hearing them contradicted,...
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E. V. Lucas: Letters of Charles Lamb - LORD BYRON and his TIMES  DEAR Wordsworth, I cannot tell you how pleased I was at the receit of the ..... Mylne was William Milns, author of the Well-Bred Scholar, 1794. ..... Wordsworth had described Candide, in Book II., as the dull product of a scoffer's pen. ..... A greater hell is a pun: the receptacle into which tailors throw scraps is called a hell.
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary - Page 363  Apr 13, 2016 ... He is claimed to have assisted *Varius Rufus in the posthumous editing for publication of ... illustrates the continuing exploitation of heavier soils noted first in Cato (Agr. 135. 2). ... Among the best are 'Friends and Flatterers' (4), 'Progress in Virtue' (5), ... The 'Parallel Lives' remain his greatest achievement.