DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
ENGLAND, 
BRITANNIA, IN AN ERECT POSTURE, ATTENDED BY HER TUTELARY LION, FIRMLY 
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GRASPING THE ARMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND GROWLING DEFIANCE AT THE 
THREE FIGURES WHO APPEAR TO BE THREATENING HER, AS THE DAEMONS OF WAR, 
SEDITION, AND REBELLION, IS HOLDING OUT THE OLIVE-BRANCH, AS EMBLEMATIC 
OF PEACE, TO THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD, WHO APPEAR IN TIIFIll PROPER 
COSTUMES, HUMBLY SUPPLICATING HER PROTECTION. AT A DISTANCE ARE SEEN 
HER MERCHANT SHIPS SAILING IN SAFETY, AND A FORTRESS WITH THE FLAG OF 
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ENGLAND PROUDLY WAVING IN THE AIR. 
