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preface* γχίϋ
to exertions, tlie noblest that friendship ever
suggested.
Mr, Theophilus Jones, of Brecon, my ge-
nerous friend, and the best liearted of men,
had, for a course of years, made it extremely
difficult for me to say, for which of his af-
fectionate boons to me I thanked him the
most, and loved him tlie best. He has re-
moved the difficulty ; for to him it is that I
OΛVe Mr. Ilardingts friendship.
To rescue, in a word, tliat inestimable friend,
be tlie fate of this Work adverse, or propitious,
I shall contemplate with pride of independent
joy, the intercourse Avith him, which my ex-
píMÍment, invited, and cherished, by his ge-
nerous heart, has produced.
1 am now to represent (and wliat lan^^uage can
ever do my feelings justice ?) the obligations
impressed upon me by Fersonages, who, in
this point, a.s in every other, disclaim ail tri^