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I AT last deliver to the world a Work which I have long promised, and of which, I am afraid, too high expectations have been raised .' The delay of its publication must be imputed, in a considerable degree, to the extraordinary seal which has been shewn by distinguished persons in all quarters to supply me with additional information concerning its illustrious subject; resembling in this the grateful tribes of ancient nations, of which every individual was eager to throw a stone upon the grave of a departed Hero, and thus to share in the pious office of erecting an honourable monument to his memory. The