ESMOND: A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE'S REIGN. BY W. M. THACKERAY, AUTHOR OF "VANITY FAIR," "PENDENNIS," ETC., ETC. THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ., A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 65, CORNHILL. 249.3.25 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM BINGHAM, LORD ASHBURTON. MY DEAR LORD, THE writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne's time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. to My volume will reach you when the Author is on his Voyage a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am, Your obliged friend and servant, LONDON, October 18, 1852. W. M. THACKERAY. |