------------------------------------------------------------------------ LETTERS FROM YORICK TO ELIZA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD APSLEY, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.[14] MY LORD, The Editor of the following Letters is so far from having tasted your Lordship’s bounty, that he is, and perhaps ever must remain, a stranger to your person, consequently no adulation is to be apprehended from him—— * * * * * He leaves it to the weak and oppressed, the widow and orphan, to proclaim your Lordship’s virtues in your public capacity; that which he would celebrate is of a private nature, namely, your filial affection, which is so conspicuous, that he flatters himself a Volume of Letters written by such a person as Mr. STERNE, in which your noble father[15] is placed in a light so truly amiable, cannot fail of engaging your Lordship’s gracious acceptance and protection—in this hope, and upon this foundation, he presumes to dedicate these papers to your Lordship, and to have the honour of subscribing himself, My Lord, your Lordship’s most obedient, and most humble Servant, THE EDITOR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE.[16]