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Preface To Volume The Eleventh.
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE ELEVENTH .
•' yN the commencement of another Volume , it may , perhaps , be ex-¦ *• peered that we should say something to our readers , either from motives of gratitude for past favours , or by way of promise of future improvement . But , however usual a preface may appear , we disclaim the idea of giving one as a mere appendage to our MagazineIn the proseeucion of our labourswe anticipate
encourage-. , ment , and that encouragement we shall consider as the proof of approbation . We have hitherto endeavoured to gratify the curious , to instruct the enquirer after knowledge , and to offer such materials as have not been unacceptable to the well-informed . But to afford pleasure ,
and to comp : ize in a small compass , whatever appeared interesting and valuable , has been our principal aim : and from the patronage which we have experienced , that labour has not proved altogether
unsuccessful' Omne tulit in punftum , quis miscuit utile child . ' HOR . In the continuation of this Volume , we mean to lay before our leaders an authentic , and , at the same time , an impartial review of the rebellion in Ireland . Having traced the spring of the troubles that now divide that kingdom up to its source , we mean to go forward in a regular history of its effects and dreadful consequences .
It is our intention to detail , with minuteness and accuracy , the various contests of his Majesty ' s troops with the insurgents ; to exhibit a faithful account ofthe opposition maintained by the Ilebelarmies ; and to enumerate , with strifl : reference to real and substantiated facts , the tragical events , the public distress , and the private misery occasioned bthe civil contentions and enflamed animosity ,
y the misguided zeal and sanguinary projects of their republican leaders . So interesting to our feelings must be an impartial history of the rebellion in Ireland , that we presume to anticipate how far it will be acceptable to our readers . We mean to compress aJJ that may be
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Preface To Volume The Eleventh.
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE ELEVENTH .
•' yN the commencement of another Volume , it may , perhaps , be ex-¦ *• peered that we should say something to our readers , either from motives of gratitude for past favours , or by way of promise of future improvement . But , however usual a preface may appear , we disclaim the idea of giving one as a mere appendage to our MagazineIn the proseeucion of our labourswe anticipate
encourage-. , ment , and that encouragement we shall consider as the proof of approbation . We have hitherto endeavoured to gratify the curious , to instruct the enquirer after knowledge , and to offer such materials as have not been unacceptable to the well-informed . But to afford pleasure ,
and to comp : ize in a small compass , whatever appeared interesting and valuable , has been our principal aim : and from the patronage which we have experienced , that labour has not proved altogether
unsuccessful' Omne tulit in punftum , quis miscuit utile child . ' HOR . In the continuation of this Volume , we mean to lay before our leaders an authentic , and , at the same time , an impartial review of the rebellion in Ireland . Having traced the spring of the troubles that now divide that kingdom up to its source , we mean to go forward in a regular history of its effects and dreadful consequences .
It is our intention to detail , with minuteness and accuracy , the various contests of his Majesty ' s troops with the insurgents ; to exhibit a faithful account ofthe opposition maintained by the Ilebelarmies ; and to enumerate , with strifl : reference to real and substantiated facts , the tragical events , the public distress , and the private misery occasioned bthe civil contentions and enflamed animosity ,
y the misguided zeal and sanguinary projects of their republican leaders . So interesting to our feelings must be an impartial history of the rebellion in Ireland , that we presume to anticipate how far it will be acceptable to our readers . We mean to compress aJJ that may be