Dedication…
TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE
GEORGE, LORD VISCOUNT SUNBURY,
BARON HALIFAX.
MY LORD,
You must not be surprised at my begging your protection for this little book, when I assure you it was principally intended for your perusal. I had often wished to see something of this kind published by an able hand; and, for want of that, have sometimes had an inclination to do it myself; but never came to any resolution on that point, till very lately; when at Horton, I had the pleasure to find your Lordship, though but in your fifth year, capable of reading any thing in the English tongue, without the least hesitation.
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