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A
VIEW
OF
SOCIETY and MANNERS
IN
FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY:
WITH
ANECDOTES relating to some EMINENT CHARACTERS.
BY JOHN MOORE, M.D.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
The FOURTH EDITION, Corrected.
LONDON:
Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand,
MDCCLXXXI.
From a diffidence of his own abilities,and from other motives not so wellfounded, the Author of the following Lettersthought it expedient, in the first edition,to throw a slight veil over the real situationin which they were written: he imaginedalso, that by this means some reflections,particularly those on gaming, might be introducedmore naturally, and with a strongereffect. But having been assured by those ofwhose friendship and judgment he is equallyconvinced, that the assumed characterand feigned situation in the two first lettersgave an air of fiction to the real incidentsin the rest of the work, he has now restoredthose two letters to their original form.
Just Published,
Written by the same Author,
A VIEW of SOCIETY and MANNERSin ITALY: With Anecdotes relatingto some Eminent Characters.2 Vols. 8vo. Price 14s.
TO HIS GRACE
DOUGLAS,
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon,Marquis of Douglas, &c.
MY LORD DUKE,
Although established practicemight, on this occasion, justifymy holding a language to your Gracewhich I never before used, yet youhave nothing of that kind to fear;it is as inconsistent with my dispositionto offer adulation, as it is contraryto yours to desire it.—Nor does[ii]this address proceed from a vain beliefthat the lustre of your name willdispose the Public to wink at the blemishesof