TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SPENCER PERCEVAL, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, &c. &c. &c. SIR, In an age remarkable for that laxity of principle which evidently aims at the combination of virtue and vice, I have been induced to re-publish a work, the direct tendency of which is the correction of error. On a review of the many estimable individuals, illustrious for their uniform adherence to rectitude, even in this age, I find none to whom I can with greater propriety inscribe the subsequent pages than yourself. I also feel gratified at this opportunity of testifying my personal respect for a character at once amiable and benign; at the same time that I felicitate my country on the acquisition of a states man equally respectable for his public and priva virtues. I have the honour to be And obedient humble servant, Bristol, Jan. 1, 1809. 26 130 132 145 . 157 . 169 182 JOHN A... 198 201 . 211 |