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Transcriber's Notes.

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Variant spelling of some proper names has not been corrected, e.g. Staremberg, Stahremburg, Starhemburg.

The following typographical errors in the main text have been corrected:

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vi 250-323 (350-323) 25 sermons to Shakspeare's text of (Skakspeare's) 47 whether further adjournment may not be thought right, (adjourment) 48 finished the examination of the physicians (physicans) 84 2nd of January, 1789, Mr. Cornwall, (1799) 104 Prince's aides-de-camp you will have seen (aides-de-camps) 214 LORD GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM. July 2nd, 1792. (1798) 290 intimate concert between his Court (betweent) 311 impossible as to make the Prussians act. (Prusians) 346 give some sort of account (some some) 369 expediency for Lord Hobart's recal, (Hobart'a) 387 selected as a much more striking instance (strking) 407 indictable, till this new offence (ndictable) 419 more difficult task to accomplish (acccomplish)

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