TO THE
RIGHT HONORABLE
GEORGE CANNING
&c. &c. &c.
Sir,
It was the happiness of Sterne to have dedicated his volumes to a Pitt. It is my ambition to inscribe this work to you. My wishes would be complete, could I resemble the writer as you do the statesman.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most sincere, and most humble servant,