TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES. SIR, PERN ERMIT a faithful subject of your Royal Father to dedicate to your Royal Highness a work which seems peculiarly to claim your patronage. To whom can a detail of the virtues and heroic qualities of the great Prince of Wales with more propriety be addressed, than to a defcendent who bears his titles, and promises to inherit his virtues and accomplishments? Nor can I give a greater proof of my loyalty to your Parents, and refpect to your Royal Highness, than by presenting to you a model (though imperfect the fculpture) from which, if your Royal Highness copies your future life, you |