87-41 R636 VI ΤΟ RICHARD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, AND THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AS AN EXPRESSION OF SINCERE ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION, AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BENEFITS, AMONGST THE MOST SOLID AND DURABLE WHICH MAN CAN RECEIVE FROM MAN, THE INTELLECTUAL STIMULUS IMPARTED IN EARLY LIFE, AND THE INSTRUCTION AND DELIGHT CONFERRED IN RIPER YEARS, BY THE SPLENDID PRODUCTIONS OF THEIR GENIUS. |