 Chesterfield was a friend to his undertaking ; and, in consequence of that intelligence, he published, in 1747, the Plan of a Dictionary of the English' Language, addressed to the right honourable Philip Dormer, earl of Chesterfield, one of his majesty's...  Catalogue - Page 1991922Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...desiderata of English literature : It was announced to the public in 1747, in a pamphlet entitled ' The Plan of a Dictionary of the English language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state.' The hint of undertaking this work is said to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...Chesterfield was a friend to his undertaking ; and in consequence of that intelligence, he published, in 1747, The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Mr. Whitehead, afterwards Poet Laureat, undertook... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...of which partial payments were to be made. In 1747, Johnson published " The Plan of a Dic" tionary of the English Language, addressed to " the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of " Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's Secretaries of " State." The way in which it came to be inscribed to Chesterfield... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...undertaking had taken place so early as 17*7, in which year he printed his Prospectus, entituled, " The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State." It is probable that he had, for some years previous... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...undertaking had taken place so early as 1747, in which year he printed his Prospectus, entituled, " The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State." It is probable that he had, for some years previous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...desiderata of English literature : It was announced to the public in 1747, in a pamphlet entitled " The Plan of a Dictionary of the English language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state." The hint of undertaking this work is said to... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...undertaking had taken place so early as 1747, in which year he printed his Prospectus, entituled, " The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip .Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State." It is probable that he had, for some years previous... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...desiderata of English literature, he communicated it to the public in 1 747, in a pamphlet entitled, The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State. The hint of undertaking this national work is said to have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...the desiderata of English literature: it was announced to the publickin 1747, in a pamphlet entitled 'The plan of a Dictionary of the English language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state.' The hint of undertaking tins work, is said to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...was a friend to his undertaking ; and, in consequence of that intelligence, he published, in 1747> The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language,...Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of Stale. Mr Whitehead, afterwards Poet Laureat, undertook... | |
| |
