Printed for C. COOKE, No. 17, Paternofter-Row; Great Britain and F1998 7808 NEVER poor Wight of a Dedicator had lefs Hopes from his Dedication than I have from this of mine; for it is written in a bye Corner of the Kingdom, and in a retired thatched Houfe, where I live in a conftant endeavour to fence against the Infirmities of ill Health, and other Evils of Life, by Mirth; being firmly perfuaded, that every Time a Man fmiles, -but much more fo when he laughs,-it adds fomething to this Fragment of Life. I humbly beg, Sir, that you will honour this Book, by taking it-(not under your Protection-it must protect itselfbut)—into the Country with you; where, if I am ever told it has made you fimile, or can conceive it has beguiled you of one Moment's Pain-I fhall think myself as happy as a Mi. nifter of State;-perhaps much happier than any one (ong only excepted) that I have ever read or heard of. I am, great Sir, (And, what is more to your Honour) Your Well-wisher, and moft humble Fellow-fubject, THE AUTHOR, |