A Supplement To Mr Warburtons Edition Of Shakespear

Author : Thomas Edwards
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334911736
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear written by Thomas Edwards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear: Being the Canons of Criticism, and Glossary, Collected From the Notes in That Celebrated Work, and Proper to Be Bound Up With It Here then is the foundation of the alliance between poet and critic, which has this advantage Over the' famous one eetween cloete and ute, that here are evidently two diftinet contracting parties: it is formed, not between Mr. Pope the critic, and M. Pope the poet; but between Mr. Warburton the critic and Mr. Pope the poet; and the produce Of this alliance is a fort Of ft' #unia formity which is to put a op to, by being the laf't inflance 6 Of, ' the prevailingcfolly of altering the text Of celebrated authors without talents orjudga gment 3 and/to 9 fettle and ef'tablifh the text of Shakefpear f0 as none {hall hereafter dare difpute it. Let us paufe a little, and admire the profound judgment and happy fuccefs Of the projector of this alliance. The reafons hinted at for Mr. Pope's not undertaking this work alone, are his great modefiy and prudence the one made him judge himfelf unfit for this arduous talk; the Oth'er'prevented his undertaking it, asthe was una fit. Now if his co-adjutor had had the fame qualities, what were we the nearer? Bow {hould one be able to make up the deficiencies of the other? There mutt be a boldnefs of conjecture, a hardinefs in maintaining Whatever is once at. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."