THE WORL D. IN FOUR VOLUMES. BY ADAM FITZ-ADA M. A NEW EDITION. VOL. I. EDINBURG: AT THE Apollo Pæls, BY THE MARTINS. Anno 1776. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PHILIP EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. MY LORD, TH HATI prefume to dedicate the first volume of the WORLD to your Lordship will, I hope, be forgiven me. It is not enough that I can flatter myself with having been frequently honoured with your correfpondence; I would infinuate it to the public that, under the fanction of your Lordship's name, I may hope for a more favourable reception from my readers. If it fhould be expected, upon this occafion, that I fhould point out which papers are your Lordship's, and which my own, I muft beg to be excufed; for |