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in discovering the application of the allusions to persons and circumstances, which, though well known at the time, are now either forgotten, or partially remembered. As they chiefly relate to the private character and conduct of individuals, the difficulty was more enhanced; and the Editor has, therefore, with the greatest research, been unable, in many instances, to discover their explanation.

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