IEW OF OF THE ISLE OF MAN, WITH A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF SOCIETY CONTAINING ALSO Biographical Anecdotes OF EMINENT PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THAT ISLAND. BY H. A. BULLOCK. ८ PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, Introduction. TO MRS. MY DEAR FRIEND, IT is now a long while since, in obedience to your suggestions, I have entertained the idea of arranging an Account of the Isle of Man, for your sole amusement and information. My original design was to give you simply a sketch of living manners; and to this purpose I had composed a series of Essays or Letters, which I believed would answer the end I |