A discourse, delivered on Saturday, the 10th day of August, 1769, at the Friends Meeting-House, in Beekman's precinct, Dutches [sic] County, in the... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"THE Publisher of the following Discourse, being only an accidental Auditor, when it was delivered, and entirely unknown to the Author, would not have taken the Liberty to publish it without her Conent, if he had had either an Opportunity of asking it, or a Doubt, in Case he had asked it, that it would have been refused: But being fully persuaded that the same Spirit of Piety and Benevolence, by which the Words were conceived and uttered, for the Benefit of the Hearers, would have induced the Preacher, if she had been applied to, to consent to the Publication, and thereby make the Benefit more extensive: he therefore concludes, she will not be displeased with, but rather approve of, the Publication of her Discourse; especially as, if the Publisher may judge of others by himself, it will have the same good Effect upon the Readers, that she intended it should have upon the Hearers, when she delivered it." This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.