pupils and friends of Lin n^e us, or otherwise emi- 
nent characters in the literary world. 
Under these favourable circumstances I present 
it to the Public, and shall be ever grateful and happy 
if they deem it a performance worthy their enlight- 
ened taste and patronage. 
/ 
It is generally a matter of regret, that into pro- 
ductions of such extent typographical errors and 
V, V _ j - ■ 
inaccuracies will imperceptibly find their way ; but 
I trust, that the indulgent liberality of those of my 
readers, whose attention may be attracted by similar 
imperfections in the present work, will kindly excuse 
them wherever they occur. 
THE TRANSLATOR . 
