XXlV^ PREFACE. 



which is sufficiently supported, and that whicfr 

 is given him for granted. 



The writer has this, however, to say, in behalf 

 of himself, and of this attempt to draw the true 

 character of Dr. John Sharp, that how imperfect 

 and unfinished soever the piece may seem, the 

 outlines and main strokes are just, being so 

 taken from the original, as hardly to be capable 

 6f suffering by the unsteadiness of the hand that 

 copies. And as to the disposal of the colours,- 

 and lights, and shades, in which something must 

 be allowed to fancy, which naturally would act 

 akind part, there is yet this justice done through- 

 out the whole, that nothing is either falsified of 

 knowingly disguised. 



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