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DEDICATION.
me to render any essential service to you and to the brave Corsicans. I can only assure you of the most fervent wishes of a private gentleman. I have the honour to be, with all respect and affection,
SIR,
Your ever devoted,
Obliged humble servant,
JAMES BOSWELL
Auchinleck, Ayrshire,
29 October, 1767.
