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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
Among these ' blossoms of bis youth were some notes , communicated to Mr . Theobald , and inserted in his edition of Shakespeare ; which seems to have raised a general ifiea of his abilities , before any more important proof had been given of them , _ But of this subject more will be said in its place . It was , also , in this season of early discipline , while his mind was opening to literary projectsthat he conceived an ideawith
many , , which he was so long pleased , of g iving a new edition ofValleius Paterculus . How far he proceeded in this work is uncertain ; but a specimen of it afterwards appeared in one of our literary journals , and was then communicated to his friend , Dr . Middleton ; who advised him very properly to drop the design , ' as not worthy of his talents and industrywhich' as he says' instead of trifling on words ,
, , , seems calculated rather to correct the opinions and manners of the world . ' In the year 1726 , a dispute ' arose among the lawyers about the judicial power of the Court of Chancery . It is immaterial to observe on what points the controversy turned , or with what views it was agitated . It opened with a tract called 'The History ofthe Chancery ;
relating to the Judicial Power of that Court , and the Rig hts , of the Master ; ' printed without a name , but written , as was generally known , by a Mr . Burrougii . To this book an answer presently appeared , under the name ol 'A Discourse ofthe Judicial Authority ofthe Master of the Rolls ;'
and so well composed , that they who favoured the cause ofthe historian , saw it must suffer in his hands , if it were not supported by some better writer than himself , who was evidently no match for the Discourse ) -. In this exigency , he was advised by one of his friends to have recourse to Mr , Warburtoii , as a person very capable of supplying his defedts . Accordinglwhen he had prepared the materials for a
y , reply , he obtained leave to put them into Mr . Warburton ' s hands , and afterwards spent some time with him in the country ; where , by their joint labours , the whole was drawn out and digested into a sizable volume , whicli came out in 1727 , and ' was entitled 'The Legal Judicature in Chancery stated . ' This book was so manifestly superior to the Historythat such of the profession as were not in the secret ,
, wondered at Mr . Burrough ' s proficiency in the art of writing : and the Lord Chancellor King , as much as anybody . The author ofthe Discourse saw it concerned him to take notice of such an adversary , and in 1728 reprinted his work , ' with large additions , ' together with a preface , occasioned by . a book , entitled : The Legal Judicature in Chaucer } 7 stated : " and witli this reply the dispute closed .
Upon Mr . Warburton ' s taking priest ' s orders , Sir Robert Sutton procured for him the small vicarage of Griesley , in Nottinghamshire ; and in 1728 presented him to the Redtory of Brand Brougliton , in the diocese of London . He was , also , the same year , and , it is supposed , h y the same interest , put upon the King ' s list of Master of Arts , created on his Majesty ' s visit to the University of Cambridge .
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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
Among these ' blossoms of bis youth were some notes , communicated to Mr . Theobald , and inserted in his edition of Shakespeare ; which seems to have raised a general ifiea of his abilities , before any more important proof had been given of them , _ But of this subject more will be said in its place . It was , also , in this season of early discipline , while his mind was opening to literary projectsthat he conceived an ideawith
many , , which he was so long pleased , of g iving a new edition ofValleius Paterculus . How far he proceeded in this work is uncertain ; but a specimen of it afterwards appeared in one of our literary journals , and was then communicated to his friend , Dr . Middleton ; who advised him very properly to drop the design , ' as not worthy of his talents and industrywhich' as he says' instead of trifling on words ,
, , , seems calculated rather to correct the opinions and manners of the world . ' In the year 1726 , a dispute ' arose among the lawyers about the judicial power of the Court of Chancery . It is immaterial to observe on what points the controversy turned , or with what views it was agitated . It opened with a tract called 'The History ofthe Chancery ;
relating to the Judicial Power of that Court , and the Rig hts , of the Master ; ' printed without a name , but written , as was generally known , by a Mr . Burrougii . To this book an answer presently appeared , under the name ol 'A Discourse ofthe Judicial Authority ofthe Master of the Rolls ;'
and so well composed , that they who favoured the cause ofthe historian , saw it must suffer in his hands , if it were not supported by some better writer than himself , who was evidently no match for the Discourse ) -. In this exigency , he was advised by one of his friends to have recourse to Mr , Warburtoii , as a person very capable of supplying his defedts . Accordinglwhen he had prepared the materials for a
y , reply , he obtained leave to put them into Mr . Warburton ' s hands , and afterwards spent some time with him in the country ; where , by their joint labours , the whole was drawn out and digested into a sizable volume , whicli came out in 1727 , and ' was entitled 'The Legal Judicature in Chancery stated . ' This book was so manifestly superior to the Historythat such of the profession as were not in the secret ,
, wondered at Mr . Burrough ' s proficiency in the art of writing : and the Lord Chancellor King , as much as anybody . The author ofthe Discourse saw it concerned him to take notice of such an adversary , and in 1728 reprinted his work , ' with large additions , ' together with a preface , occasioned by . a book , entitled : The Legal Judicature in Chaucer } 7 stated : " and witli this reply the dispute closed .
Upon Mr . Warburton ' s taking priest ' s orders , Sir Robert Sutton procured for him the small vicarage of Griesley , in Nottinghamshire ; and in 1728 presented him to the Redtory of Brand Brougliton , in the diocese of London . He was , also , the same year , and , it is supposed , h y the same interest , put upon the King ' s list of Master of Arts , created on his Majesty ' s visit to the University of Cambridge .