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TO
CHARLES DICKENS,
IN WHOSE PROSE POETRY ARE SO WELL INCULCATED
THE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE TRUE, AND THE SENSE
OF MORAL DIGNITY IN THE HUMBLEST,
THE FOLLOWING EFFUSIONS,
ASPIRING TO EFFECT THE SAME OBJECTS,
ARE DEDICATED,
WITH THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION AND RESPECT,
BY HIS VERY SINCERE FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.
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