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palpable errors, and endeavours to 

 point them out on the pure mo- 

 tive of shewing how the mischiefs 

 which result from them, may be avoid- 

 ed or lessened in their effects. The 

 latter intention is my only view in 

 publishing the following hints, and, 

 as such, I trust, like any other per- 

 son not accustomed to write for 

 the press, but who takes up his pen 

 from similar motives, that I shall 

 stand excused for any error or want 

 of that dignified style in which most 

 of our books, at this period of British 

 erudition, are published. 



The difficulty of seeing our own 

 errors and the natural inclination 

 of mankind to shut their ears, when- 

 ever they are assailed with truths 

 at variance with their conduct* 



