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
Your very obliged

And obedient humble servant,

Bristol, Jan. 1, 1809.

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Comparison of the English, Scotch, and Irish, now resident

A very entertaining and well-written performance; the author of which appears to be a man of extensive knowledge, and just observation, possessing also an acute discrimination of characters and manners. We say that it is well-written, and so it certainly is.

Monthly Review for June, 1801.