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DEDICATION.

manifested itself at the Close of a late Reign, when the worst of Schemes were promoted against this Nation by the worst of Men, the Association (of which I had the Honour to be an humble Member) into which You then entered, with some others eminent for their Birth, Fortune, and Knowledge, for securing the Succession of the House of Hanover to the Throne of these Kingdoms, your Taste of useful

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