TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ. MY DEAR SIR, PERSONAL respect, and admiration of the pure and noble sentiments which you have ever sought to inculcate, induce me to place your name in the front of this little volume. May it merit the approbation of men like yourself, and win your favour by advancing, in our country, the cause of genuine good taste, always conjoined with that of religion and virtue. That you may derive all the happiness which flows from such a source, is the earnest wish of my heart. Yours faithfully, THOMAS ROSCOE. |