"He had ambition to prevail in great things. He had, likewise, honour, which hath
three things in it: the vantage ground to do good,-the approach to kings and principal
persons, and the raising of a man's own fortune."

BACON.

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JAMES RIDGWAY & SONS, 169, PICCADILLY.

MDCCCXXXVI.

THE NEW YORK
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