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apology^ except for its imperfect execution. TIio au^)j«ct 

 is Sir Janie^ Broolce ; and tko intentioti is to vindicate 

 that excellent man from cahimii}-. This task, though 

 almost superfl-uous, offered itself so direcLly in my course, 

 that I couhi not turn from it. Many of my observations 

 have been doubtless bettcn* nindo bj abler defendcra of my 

 friend; but there is Borae new mafie}\; and I hate drawn 

 upon no extraneous source for opiniom, which I have ha4 

 superior opportunities of forming,' for m^^lf. I commend 

 my facts to the attontion of the reader ; my reasonings to 

 his impartiality ; and all inailvei^tcnt errors to his 

 gentleness/" 



HKNEY KEPPFX, 



