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Excerpt from A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, With a Return Down the Rhine, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Are Added, Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland
The~author begs leave to obferve, in explanation of the ufe made Of the plural term in the following pages, that, her jour ney having been performed in the company of her nearel'c relative and friend, the ac count of it has been, written fo much from their mutual obfervation, that there would be a deception in permitting the book to appear, without fome acknowledgement, which may difiiuguiih it from works en titely her own. The title page would, therefore, have contained the joint names of her bulband and herfelf, if this mode of appearing before the Public, befides being thought by that relative a greater acknow ledgement than was due to his {hare of the work, had not fecmed liable to the impu tation of a defign to attraa: attention by extraordinary novelty. It is, however, ne ce¿'ary to her own fatisfaétion, that fome notice fhould be taken of. This a¿ifiance. She may, therefore, be permitted to intrude.
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