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abate, his fpirits may gradually regain tiielr wont- 

 ed tone, and his publication perhaps affume a 

 little more of that energy it ought to poffefs. At 

 any rate, he will fubmit with a becoming defer- 

 ence to the public decifion in this cafe. And, 

 after thanking his numerous and refpeclable fub- 

 fcribers for the countenance they have given him, 

 he will only add, that it fliall be his invariable 

 ftudy to difcharge thofe obligations he has come 

 under to them, and to the public, with the ut- 

 mofl; fidelity in his power ; indeed he could not 

 give a ftronger proof of his determined refolu- 

 tion to do fo, than by publifhing, while in the 

 ftate of depreffion of mind he feels himfelf, thefc 

 prefent flieets : — for nothing but a pofitive en- 

 gagement could have induced him to do fo: but 

 a pofitive engagement to him is always an irre- 

 vocable deed ; which nothing but an abfolute 

 impoffibUity can annul. Kind reader, farewell. 



