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VOL. I.


EDINBURGH:

ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE,
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TO

WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ. OF KEIR, M.P.,

AN ENLIGHTENED SENATOR, AN ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR, AND AN INGENIOUS POET,

THIS FIRST VOLUME

OF