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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.

THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .

fCONTINUEO FROM PAGE g . ] , '

HPH 1 S disappointment did not abate his ardour in prosecuting his - " - studies at Brand-Brotighton . Alter publishing the ' Vindication ' before mentioned , early in the year 173 8 , he applied himself with great industry to compose the second volume of his work , notwithstanding the clamours which had been raisedand now grew louder ,

, against the first . ' I go steadily on , ' says he in a letter to Dr . Middleton , Nov . 13 , 173 8 , ' amidst much ill treatment . If you ask what it is that supports me , I will tell you , my excellent friend , it is the love of truth , and a clear conviction of the reality of the Jewish and Christian revelations . ' Animated with these principles , he went on with his great design ,

and seems to have spent the two or three succeeding years upon it . Only , in 1739 , he drew up and published a short defence of Mr . Pope ' s ' Essay on Man ' against M . de Crousaz , who had written-a book to shew that it was constructed on the principles of Spinosa , and contained a dangerous system of religion . Mr . Pope was supremely struck with Mr . Warburton ' s letters , and might now exult , as his predecessor Boileau had done , when he cried out , in the face of his enemies ,

< Arnauld , le grand Arnauld , fait mon apologie . ' From this time there was an intimate acquaintance formed between the poet and his commentator . Towards the end of this year ( 1739 ) he published a new and improved edition ofthe first volume , of the ' Divine Legation , ' and sent it to his friend Bishop Hare ; whoin a kind letter of Dec . 1 1739

, , , returns his thanks for it , and adds— ' 1 hope not only posterity , but the presen ! . ; ge , will do justice to so much merit , and do assure you it shall not be my fault if it do not . ' Sir Thomas Hanmer , who hud been Speaker of the House of Commons in Queen Anne ' s time , grew ambitious , in the latter part of his lifeto be taken notice of as a critic on Shakspeare . He had

, seen sjme notes on his favourite poet by Mr . Warburton in Theobald's edition : and as he was now preparing one of his own , which he afteiwards printed at the Clarendon tress , he very justly conceived that the assistance of Mr . Theobald ' s co-adjutor mi ght be of some service to him in the execution of that project .

With this view , he got himself introduced to Mr . Warburton by Dr . Sherlock , Bishop of Salisbury , and managed so well as to draw from his new acquaintance a large collection of notes and emendations ,

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LONDON: Article 3
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOUME. Article 4
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE; Article 5
Untitled Article 7
AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Article 17
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DUMP PHILOSOPHER. Article 19
OPTIMISM, A DREAM. Article 25
INTERVIEW OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER WITH THE CHIEFS OF NOOTKA SOUND. Article 27
THE FATE OF MEN OF GENIUS Article 29
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 30
DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE. Article 32
EDMUND BURKE. Article 35
Untitled Article 39
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MAOUNA. Article 44
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES. Article 45
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
POETRY. Article 60
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
OBITUARY. Article 70
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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.

THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .

fCONTINUEO FROM PAGE g . ] , '

HPH 1 S disappointment did not abate his ardour in prosecuting his - " - studies at Brand-Brotighton . Alter publishing the ' Vindication ' before mentioned , early in the year 173 8 , he applied himself with great industry to compose the second volume of his work , notwithstanding the clamours which had been raisedand now grew louder ,

, against the first . ' I go steadily on , ' says he in a letter to Dr . Middleton , Nov . 13 , 173 8 , ' amidst much ill treatment . If you ask what it is that supports me , I will tell you , my excellent friend , it is the love of truth , and a clear conviction of the reality of the Jewish and Christian revelations . ' Animated with these principles , he went on with his great design ,

and seems to have spent the two or three succeeding years upon it . Only , in 1739 , he drew up and published a short defence of Mr . Pope ' s ' Essay on Man ' against M . de Crousaz , who had written-a book to shew that it was constructed on the principles of Spinosa , and contained a dangerous system of religion . Mr . Pope was supremely struck with Mr . Warburton ' s letters , and might now exult , as his predecessor Boileau had done , when he cried out , in the face of his enemies ,

< Arnauld , le grand Arnauld , fait mon apologie . ' From this time there was an intimate acquaintance formed between the poet and his commentator . Towards the end of this year ( 1739 ) he published a new and improved edition ofthe first volume , of the ' Divine Legation , ' and sent it to his friend Bishop Hare ; whoin a kind letter of Dec . 1 1739

, , , returns his thanks for it , and adds— ' 1 hope not only posterity , but the presen ! . ; ge , will do justice to so much merit , and do assure you it shall not be my fault if it do not . ' Sir Thomas Hanmer , who hud been Speaker of the House of Commons in Queen Anne ' s time , grew ambitious , in the latter part of his lifeto be taken notice of as a critic on Shakspeare . He had

, seen sjme notes on his favourite poet by Mr . Warburton in Theobald's edition : and as he was now preparing one of his own , which he afteiwards printed at the Clarendon tress , he very justly conceived that the assistance of Mr . Theobald ' s co-adjutor mi ght be of some service to him in the execution of that project .

With this view , he got himself introduced to Mr . Warburton by Dr . Sherlock , Bishop of Salisbury , and managed so well as to draw from his new acquaintance a large collection of notes and emendations ,

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