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 TO

THE RIGHT HONORABLE

LORD FRANCIS LEVESON GOWER,

&c. &c.

THESE VOLUMES

ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR HIS LORDSHIP'S

CHARACTER AS A MAN, HIS TALENTS AS A POET,

AND

HIS CONSISTENCY AS A STATESMAN;

BY

HIS LORDSHIP'S OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.