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iv Such patronage is most valuable: like Mercy,

"it is twice blessed';

It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:"

and powerfully elicits the feeling of unqualified respect, with which, in presenting these Volumes, I have the honor to subscribe myself,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

CHARLES SWAN.

London, June 9, 1824.