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TO

 

DOCTOR BURNEY,

F.R.S.

AND CORRESPONDENT TO THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.^[1]

The earliest pride of my heart was to inscribe to my much-loved Father the first public effort of my pen; though the timid offering, unobtrusive and anonymous, was long unpresented; and, even at last, reached its destination through a zeal

1. To which honour Dr. Burney was elected, by the wholly unsolicited votes of the members des beaux arts. His daughter brought over his diploma from Paris.