BEAUTIES,

HARMONIES, AND SUBLIMITIES

OF

NATURE:

WITH

OCCASIONAL REMARKS

ON THE

LAWS, CUSTOMS, MANNERS, AND OPINIONS

OF

VARIOUS NATIONS.

Charles Bucken

SECOND EDITION.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA LANE.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WEED AND RIDER, LITTLE BRITAIN..

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HIS ROYAL AND SERENE HIGHNESS

LEOPOLD GEORGE FREDERIC,

DUKE OF SAXE,

MARGRAVE OF MISNIA, LANDGRAVE OF THURINGIA,

AND PRINCE COBURG SAALFIELD,

I DEDICATE THIS WORK:

BECAUSE

HE IS A LOVER OF NATURE; HAS A MANLY MIND;
AND POSSESSES THE ELEGANT MANNERS,

AND THE NOBLE SENTIMENTS OF AN