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DEDICATION

TO A

GREAT MAN.

Having, a priori, intended to dedicate The Amours of my uncle Toby to Mr. ***—I see more reasons, a posteriori, for doing it to Lord *******.

I should lament from my soul, if this exposed me to the jealousy of their Reverences; because, a poste-riori,