The Life of Abraham Newland, Esq.: Late Principal Cashier at the Bank of England; With Some Account of That Great National Establishment; To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Late Correspondence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the Bank, a

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A 2.which are adapted to those only, who, Weary of themselves, have recourse to it as a pleasing dream of which, when they awake, they voluntarily dismiss the images from their minds, The, habits of' retirement in which Mr. Abraham Newland indulged, supply few singular incidents, curious circum stances, or interesting anecdotes: those that are contained in these pages, are contributions from some of his nearest friends, and if we have not always shewn them with the colouring parti ality would be inclined to give them, it will be recollected, that fidelity is the best recommendation of history; and that if we owe respect to the memory of the dead, our regard for the living should teach us, that yet more respect is due to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth.

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