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STERNE:

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OTHER ESSAYS AND VERSES.

BY JOHN FERRIAR, M.D.

Peace be with the soul of that charitable and cour-
teous Author, who, for the common benefit of his
fellow-authors, introduced the ingenious way of
Miscellaneous Writing!

SHAFTESBURY.

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CADELL AND DAVIES, LONDON,

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George Nicholson, Manchester.

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The following essays are of so familiar a nature, that they require no formal introduction. A part of the Comments on Sterne, which were published some years ago, has been incorporated with these Illustrations; but with the exception of those few pages, the work is entirely new. Tho' all the pieces of this miscellany may be considered as the fruit of " idle hours not idly spent," in the intervals of an active Profession, I hope it will be found that they have been composed with a degree of attention, proportioned to my respect for the opinion of the public; and that I have not been rendered presumptuous, or careless, by the indulgence which I have experienced on former occasions.

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