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PREFACE.
PREFACE.
We had intended to affix a precise date to the following
narrative, when we seasonably recollected the
prudent counsel of my Uncle Toby! “Leave out
the date entirely, Trim,” quoth my Uncle Toby—
“leave it out entirely Trim, a story passes very well
without these niceties, unless one is pretty sure of
'em!” “Sure of 'em!” said the corporal, shaking
his head.
The reader will be pleased to suppose the events
of our story to have occurred at any period within
the present century, and will have the indulgence
to pardon sundry anachronisms, particularly
the liberty the author has taken in anticipating the
masquerade of 1829.
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