Your obedient humble servant,
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Means were contrived to appease the apprehensions and satisfy the scruples of the venerable Peer. The work was published under the sanction of his name, and is now out of print.
That he did like the Dedication in its ultimate form, appears from the following.
Dear Sir,
I beg a thousand pardons for not returning your Preface, which I like much, and to which I could find but one very slight correction to make, which I have marked with pencil. But I confess I waited anxiously for an assurance from you, that you would suppress the intended Dedication, which I should have been extremely sorry to have seen appear. I have this moment received that promise, and am infinitely obliged by your compliance.
I shall be in town on Saturday, and happy to see you in Berkeley-square, when you shall have a moment to bestow on
Your obedient servant,
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