THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, Esq. COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY Q. ANNE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. (BY W. M. THACKERAY.) COPYRIGHT EDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1852. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM BINGHAM, LORD ASHBURTON. MY DEAR LORD, THE writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne's time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe these volumes to your Lordship for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volumes will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am Your obliged friend and servant, LONDON, October 18, 1852. W. M. THACKERAY. |