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Dedication.
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Such are, Magnificent and moſt Honoured Lords, the Citizens, and even the ſimple Natives, of the Country you govern; ſuch are theſe knowing and ſenſible Men, of which, under the Name of Tradeſmen and the People, it is uſual in other Nations to entertain the meaneſt and falſeſt Ideas. My Father, it is with Pleaſure I own it, was no way diſtinguiſhed among his Fellow-Citizens; he was no more than what they all are; yet, ſuch as he was, there is no Country where his Converſation would not have been coveted; where an Acquaintance with him would not have been cultivated, and cultivated to their great Advantage, by Men of the beſt Rank
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