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MY LORD,

THE author of the Spectator having prefixed before each of his volumes the name of some great person to whom he has particular obligations, lays his claim to your lordship’s patronage

upon the same account. I must confess; my 1 lord, had not I already received great instances

of your favour, I should have been afraid of sub-
mitting a work of this nature to your perusal.
You are so thoroughly acquainted with the cha-
racters of men, and all the parts of human life,
that it is impossible for the least misrepresenta-
tion of them to escape your notice.
lordship’s particular distinction that you are mas-
ter of the whole compass of business, and have
signalized yourself in all the different scenes of
it. We admire some for the dignity, others
for the popularity of their behaviour; some for
their clearness of judgment; others for their hap-
piness of expression; some for the laying of
schemes, and others for the putting of them in
execution: it is your lordship only who enjoys
these several talents united, and that too in as
great perfection as others possess them singly,

It is your

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