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Gentleman's Magazine:

AND

Historical Chronicle.

From JULY to DECEMBER, 1810.

VOLUME LXXX.

(BEING THE THIRD OF A NEW SERIES.)

PART THE SECOND.

PRODESSE ET DELECTARE.

E PLURIBUS UNUM.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.

LONDON: Printed by JOHN NICHOLS and SON,
at Cicero's Head, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street;
where LETTERS are particularly requested to be sent, POST-PAD.
And sold by J. HARRIS (Successor to Mrs. NEWBERY),
at the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, Ludgate Street. 1810.

Το SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT.

ON COMPLETING THE SECOND PART OF VOL. LXXX.

CHRISTMAS VERSES FOR 1810.

(FROM FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL.)

PREFACE

TO THE

SECOND PART OF THE EIGHTIETH VOLUME.

Dec. 31, 1810.

WERE it permitted us to contrast to the spreading gloom in the Political hemisphere, the luminous splendour which still accompanies the Literary exertions of our Countrymen, we could not fail to impart to our Readers in general, some rays of Hope and Consolation. But we cannot disguise, nor do we wish to suppress, our emotions of Sensibility. Through a long continued series of years, through various changes, trials, and dangers, we have preserved and maintained a proud character for our steady Loyalty; we have invariably professed our devotion to our beloved Sovereign; and this, our eternal and immutable attachment, 3 far as in us lies, we would have descend to our Posterity. Our first emotions, therefore, in commencing our Literary exertions for the new year, are directed to our Monarch, and his present condition, his sorrows, and his sufferings. May the Almighty soon and effectually restore him to his People! May he be the instrument in the hand of a gracious Providence, to check, controul, and overcome the Ambition and the Tyranny of our implacable Adversary!

Let us now turn to a fairer and more enlivening scene.When we look back on the mass of materials in every province of Literature, which our numerous Friends and generous Patrons in the last year placed before us, we are impressed, as it becomes us to be, with the liveliest sensations of satisfaction and gratitude. There is no part of Literature, of Science, and of Art, which has not been explored for our use, and for the benefit of our Readers. The task of selecting from these materials, so comprehensive, and so various, has indeed been pleasing, but not without its difficulty.

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