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in their turn lefr nothing undone to ferve me. 

 Among other diftinguifhed charadlers, the late 

 celebrated Mr. Burke took amazing pains to 

 do away or mitigate my fentence. At firft in- 

 deed, before he knew my real condud:, he was 

 not totally free from that univcrfal prejudice 

 which had taken place in the minds of almoU 

 all the world ; but his fentiments will be much 

 better known from his own words, than from 

 any defcription of mine. In fhort, Mr. Burke 

 writing coolly and difpaflionately on any fubjed, 

 mull be read with pleafure by all mankind, and 

 I therefore cannot conceal this letter, though 

 not favourable to myfeif, from my readers, 



(COPY.) 



Frcm the Right Uoitourahle Edm. Burke, 

 ?<? I. E. Devereux, Efq. 



3 S> "S";. James' s-Pl ace ^ Lo n d o n . 



M October //&ff 19/^, 1795. 

 ** Dear Sjr, 



" I DO full juftice to the prin- 

 •* ciplcs of humanity, which induce you to take 

 " anintereftinthefatcofMr. Semple. Thereare 

 «* circumftances of compaflion in his hiflory, that 

 " would induce one to wifh that the feverity 

 " of the law was not to take place, with regard 



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