Moral and Political, BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D. POET LAUREATE, &c. NOW FIRST COLLECTED:: IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. HERE SHALT THOU HAVE THE SERVICE OF MY PEN, DANIEL. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXII. Stacks Mrs. Stanley. Lodge 11-18-69 2 vols. 703992-291 CONTENTS. On Sir Francis Burdett's Motion for Parliamentary Re- 75 ΤΟ SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, Bart. &c. &c. &c. My dear Sir Robert, It is both with pride and pleasure that I inscribe these Essays to you, as a public mark of respect, and a testimony of private regard; for if there be anything on which we may be allowed to pride ourselves, it is upon that from whence one of our greatest pleasures is derived, .... the friendship of the wise and the good. In revising them for republication, there were few opinions which I have found reason to modify, and none to retract. Had I indeed treated of political subjects with reference only to their temporary importance, and the in terests and passions of the passing day, I should not have deemed them worthy of preservation, still less of being dedicated to you. |