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DEDICATION. xv
Pox, nor have I heard of a finde inftance
of any undue, unconilitutional influence
exerted in the fenate. (I fpeak of the
p'efent, i;/r/z^(;Z(;j- Parliament). Your Lord-
Ihip too from every foreign Court has re-
ceived the moft flattering teflimonies of an
unbounded confidence in your ve7-acity and
goodjaithi equal to- their jufl: i^niQ of your
tranfcendent abilities.
I beg pardon, my Lord, for having {q
long detained the patriot Minifl:er of the
patriot King, from the great fcenes oi fo-
reign buflnefs, or the rooting out corrup-
tion at home, or the /;^;2(3C^;z^ employments
of his leifure hours. I hope Doftor Hill
and the Home will forgive me, and that the
great Trium.virate having completed a glo-
rious, and permanent peace, may in learned
eafe, under the fliade of their own olive,
foon enjoy the full fweets of their own phi-
lofophy ', for as Candide obferves, Cela ejl
bien dit, mais il faut cultiver notre
JARDIN. In yourfofter, more envied\iowx^
of retirement, 1 wiQi you, my Lord, the
moil
Pox, nor have I heard of a finde inftance
of any undue, unconilitutional influence
exerted in the fenate. (I fpeak of the
p'efent, i;/r/z^(;Z(;j- Parliament). Your Lord-
Ihip too from every foreign Court has re-
ceived the moft flattering teflimonies of an
unbounded confidence in your ve7-acity and
goodjaithi equal to- their jufl: i^niQ of your
tranfcendent abilities.
I beg pardon, my Lord, for having {q
long detained the patriot Minifl:er of the
patriot King, from the great fcenes oi fo-
reign buflnefs, or the rooting out corrup-
tion at home, or the /;^;2(3C^;z^ employments
of his leifure hours. I hope Doftor Hill
and the Home will forgive me, and that the
great Trium.virate having completed a glo-
rious, and permanent peace, may in learned
eafe, under the fliade of their own olive,
foon enjoy the full fweets of their own phi-
lofophy ', for as Candide obferves, Cela ejl
bien dit, mais il faut cultiver notre
JARDIN. In yourfofter, more envied\iowx^
of retirement, 1 wiQi you, my Lord, the
moil
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Fall of Mortimer > (377) Page xv |
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| Description | An historical play. Dedicated to the Right Honourable John Earl of Bute |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(5) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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