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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .
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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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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .
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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 ,