A HISTORY OF THE JESUITS; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A Reply ΤΟ MR. DALLAS'S DEFENCE OF THAT ORDER. John « Ταυτα πανθ ̓ ὑπερ ύμων, ύπερ της Αληθείας, ύπερ της υμετερας Πολιτείας, 66 και των Νόμων, και της Σωτηρίας, και της Ευσεβίας, και της Δόξης, και της Ελευθερίας, ύπερ των κοινῆ πασι Συμφεροντων ακριβολογεμαι και TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES ABBOT, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c. &c. &c SIR, In presuming to dedicate to you the following pages, I would observe, that, while the improved taste of the present age has happily relieved those who occupy eminent stations from the extravagance of unmeasured panegyric, which was once too frequently employed on such occasions, there is something yet due to Truth from any writer who may present his work to such a character as I have the honour of addressing: there is • an honest tribute, which an author may offer, in such a case, without the suspicion of being actuated |