C '41 
A 
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TO 
The Doze ager Lady de CLIFFORD , 
Madam, 
flattery is a sort of incence, 
which your ladyship is not dis- 
posed to receive, and, if I know 
any thing of my own heart, 
it is that, with which I am not 
inclined to offend you. 
The sanction of a name, so 
deservedly approved as your’s, 
naturally gives me the flatter- 
ing hope, that the time which I 
spent in executing this work, 
was not employed uselessly. 
I am well aware that 
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