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We shall now show how much another Noble Peer, Lord Holland, has to trust to from his ingenuous dedicator.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

The initial letters of "The First Altar" of Dosiadas of Rhodes, form four words, and seem to be addressed to some "Olympian," who, the dedicator hopes "may live to offer sacrifice for many years."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

I hope, therefore, the present I now presume to make, will not be thought improper; which, however, it is not my business as a dedicator to commend, nor as a bookseller to depreciate.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

A large proportion of the dedications are made by men of servile origin, and the very name of the dedicator would often be enough to indicate his nationality.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

He was, as Pope says, "fed with dedications;" for Tickell affirms that no dedicator was unrewarded.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel