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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 no moves to further the progress of the Dictionary until seven years after ...
Upset with what he saw as a lack of support from an avowed man of letters and patron of literature, Johnson wrote the Letter to Chesterfield, which dealt with the dynamics of the patron–artist relationship. [2] Chesterfield was not offended by the letter but, rather, was impressed by its language.
In preparation, Johnson wrote Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language in 1747, of which Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield was the patron, to Johnson's displeasure. [85] Seven years after first meeting Johnson to go over the work, Chesterfield wrote two anonymous essays in The World recommending the Dictionary. [86]
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who built Chesterfield House. The house was built on land belonging to Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe [1] by Isaac Ware.In his "Letters to his Son", Chesterfield wrote from "Hotel Chesterfield" on 31 March 1749: "I have yet finished nothing but my boudoir and my library; the former is the gayest and most cheerful room in England; the latter the best.
Evans's General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, published in 1755, was made in collaboration with Thomas Pownall, to whom Evans dedicated it. Lewis Evans (c. 1700 – 12 June 1756) [1] was a Welsh surveyor and geographer. He had a brother John. In the mid-1730s he emigrated to British America, where he was based in Philadelphia ...
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Earl of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope . He had been created Baron Stanhope , of Shelford in the County of Nottingham , in 1616, also in the Peerage of England.
1755 establishments in England (6 P) Pages in category "1755 in England" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Letter to Chesterfield