Andrew Kippis

“ The course of my studies has enabled me to speak with some confidence on the subject; and to say, that Your Majesty's reign is eminently distinguished by one of the greatest glories that can belong to a monarch.
Knowledge and virtue constitute the chief happiness of a nation : and it is devoutly to be wished that the virtue of this country were equal to its knowledge. ”

“ The pattern which is set by the King and Queen of Great Britain, of those qualities which are the truest ornaments and felicities of life, affords a strong incitement to the imitation of the same excellencies; and cannot fail of contributing to the more a extensive prevalence of that moral conduct on which the welfare of society so greatly depends. ”

“ If there be any persons who, in these respects, would depreciate the present times, in comparison with those which have preceded them , it may falsely be asserted that such persons have not duly attended to the history of literature. ”