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lightfally to inftrudt 5 yet calling to my aid 

 the dignity of my fubjefl: and great confe- 

 quence thereof 5 to be able to gain a favour- 

 able attention of the literate proprietors of 

 Oaks in propitious foils : Who difdain not to 

 hear from a perfon fo little known, how 

 greatly nature may be improved by art • 

 And particularly fo, if either the allurement 

 of curiofity — the diverlion of philofophical 

 experiments — the certainty of future gain— 

 the powers of beauty — the admiration of 

 grandeur — or the inviting charms of novelty 

 have an attracting influence over them.— 



I SHOULD not however have trufted to any 

 eloquence of mine, or hardly to my deeds 

 therein to revive the dying paffion of ma- 

 ny individuals in this age, for promoting any 

 way the encreafe of thefe happy treafures j 

 were I not otherways aflfured of gaining to 

 my lide, the political patriot — the provident 

 parent — and the hopeful heir — and with 

 them all thofe that are ftudious of perpetu* 

 ating the honour of the Britijh flag on the 

 high feas ; a thought furely that cannot en* 

 ter any Ejiglijhman'^ breafl:, without wifhes 

 of it's perpetual continuance, or abhorrence 

 of every caufe of it's declenfione But what 



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