WANDERING THOUGHTS, OR SOLITARY HOURS. BY P. TOCQUE. "My young readers must excuse me for calling upon them to acquire, while their minds may be impressed with new images, a love of innocent pleasures, and an ardour for useful knowledge; to remember that a blighted spring makes a barren year, and that the vernal flowers, however beautiful and gay, are only intended as preparatives for autumnal fruits."-JOHNSON. LONDON: THOMAS RICHARDSON AND SON, 172, FLEET STREET; 9, CAPEL STREET, DUBLIN; AND DERBY; AND ALL BOOKSELLERS IN NEWFOUNDLAND. M DCCC XLVI. To His Excellency, MAJOR GENERAL SIR J. HARVEY, KNT. COMMANDER OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, KNIGHT, COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN AND OVER THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, &c. &c. "WHOSE NAME IS SO MUCH RESPECTED IN TRANSATLANTIC BRITAIN," THIS WORK IS, WITH HIS EXCELLENCY'S PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS VERY FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, PHILIP TOCQUE. St. John's, Newfoundland, October 20th, 1844. |