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 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

you to be a friend and lover of learning, and, therefore, I sought the honour of dedicating these pages to your Lordship. I beg to thank you for the permission, and may observe, another fact emboldened me to seek that favour,—viz., the circumstance of your Lordship being President of a Literary Society of which I have the honour of being Vice-President.

I have endeavoured to preserve the substance and spirit of the subject, and yet write in an untechnical manner; but you will not be surprised, that in this attempt I have met difficulties I have only partially surmounted.

Permit me to express my deep respect for your Lordship, and to subscribe myself,

Your Lordship's

Very obedient humble servant,

JOSEPH TURNLEY.