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THESE RURAL SKETCHES, IN GRATITUDE FOR HOSPITALITIES CONFERRED WITHOUT DISPLAY; AND IN ADMIRATION OF PERSONAL GRACES AND MENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITHOUT AFFECTATION, ARE, WITH PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO LADY PHILLIPPS, OF MIDDLE HILL, WORCESTERSHIRE, BY HER OBLIGED FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.

Guisbrough, January, 1845.