VI

DEDICATION.

Imperial Majefty's exalted mind in the GrandDuke, and Succeflbr to the Ruflian Sceptre.

The glorious and happy days we have expe-rienced during the reign of the Great Catharinewill now return to Ruflia: a new and happy aeracommences witli the XIXth Century, in the deftinyof this Empire; which appears to have beenpeculiarly felected by Providence to counteracl:the deftru&ive progrefs of anarchy, and to becomethe afylum of civilized manners, as well as ofthe arts and fciences.

May the fame benign Providence grant my raoftcordial wifhes!—Thus, your Imperial Majefty'sreign, which is calculated to diffufe univerfalhappinefs, will in glory and duration even furpafsthat of your late, and ftill revered, maternalAnceftor; in the fame degree as that Great Princefsexcelled the more early Founder of the grandeurof Ruflia.

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