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He wifhes he could believe that his 
own apology was not more neceffary 
than the Author’s vindication j but he 
is very fenfible that the tranflation has 
many defedts, and defedts which are not 
eafily excufed. It may not, however, 
be unreafonable to expedt fome indul¬ 
gence to the work of a foreigner, who, 
during a fhort flay in England, has 
been able to form only an imperfedt 
acquaintance with the Englilh language ; 
and the tranflation of a work of fcience 
fhould not, perhaps, be abfolutely con¬ 
demned, if it be fufficiently perlpicuous 
to convey the meaning of the original, 
although it be deficient in eafe and in 
London , 
Nov. io, 1786, 
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