vi . PREFACE. 
through the features; and if the copy of it at 
the opening of this volume is less perfect 
than could be wished, it must be ascribed to 
the difficulty of fixing in a copy the expres- 
sion which was often found impossible to 
catch from the original. Sir James Edward 
Smith’s mental lineaments are less difficult 
to trace ; they will be seen in various lights, 
sketched by a variety of hands, in the suc- 
ceeding pages. 
PLEASANCE SMITH. 
Norwich, 1832. 
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