THE SPECTATOR. VOL. III. The SEVENTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for J. TONSON in the Strand. To the Right Honourable Henry Boyle, Efq; SIR, : S the profeft Defign of this Work is to entertain its Readers in general, without giving Offence to any A 2 448702 par particular Perfon, it would be difficult to find out fo proper a Patron for it as Your Self, there being none whose Merit is more univerfally acknowledged. by all Parties, and who has made himself more Friends and fewer Enemies. Your great Abilities, and unquestioned Integrity, in those high Employments which You have pafs'd through, would not have been able to have raised You this general Approbation, had they not been accompanied with that Moderation in an high Fortune, and that Affability of Manners, which are fo confpicuous through all Parts of your Life. Your Averfion to any Oftentatious Arts of fetting to Show those great Services which You have done the Publick, has not likewife a little contributed to that Univerfal AcA 3 know |