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lauded by Thomson in his Winter is the fourth earl, author of Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son (1694–1773).
Chesterfield House (London) was built by Isaac Ware for Philip, fourth earl of Chesterfield. (See above.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.