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tare , , nnd whether or * iot , 'they have employed it in a / ny sense , in the formation of the te # t irom which tli ^ y transl a te . Taking the term in its strictest sense ( in which it is used by Michaelis ^ vol . ii . p . 383 . ) we jbelieve that
they have fn no instance emplo y * ed conjecture ; but it appears
to ys > ; thftt that leading would be ' rightly deemed conjectural , which is decidedly opposed by the preponderating evidence of manuscripts , versions and quotations ,, [ fairly examined andestiw jnated " by the established laws of just , and _ rational criticising " even though it H&ay be sanctioned
Sby the evidence of sotne or © th £ r and in
of the writnxisses ^ this sense we see a tendency > to conjectural emendation , the rti ? aces of which we wish to have been confined to the notes . The chief instances in
which cxmjeotttre has ( in our estimation ) rbeen preferred to proof , will appear as we proceed . We fra ^ ofily farther to remjpd our readefs ^ " that where versus or paragraphs me printed in
itajios , it is- , to iudicate titaat such . passages ^ r . cj of jdowbtfuil authoriity *;" - that * Sthe words which in , the judgiiftsnt of . Griestaoh &hpuld -, p { roibab 4 y > though not certajnly j ^ e i ^ pu nged , aue indlud * ed in . bwfeits t f ^« d that . conseqviermly ^ wherever the brackets HKe efmplp ^ Qdl , it : \ ji \ x ^ t be inferre d 0 ^ at (^ ri ^ b ^ c ^ ; p'refiKes % o the
* -See petekejt / edition , lib th $ U * ger ciftti ' om po gtneral esmTanatfiott 5 s given of the it ^ Ucs . ; U t ^ ey ^ r ^ ^ 0 tai ^^ l »^« rt tit 4 J ^ rk is ^ repx ^ ntea , we hope * t ^ at « tfKis omissipn wJjl ^ eS * ip # li 4 i ^» M t ^* t th . e , rea ^ ejr . ^ U jb ^ iofon ^^ , ithat ftl \ ia m o 4 t > f printing is txo % 4 ^ 5 gn < 5 d 1 td Indicate the thpree $ r ^ the ground of . the , dovtht Jfs $ oqt > ing . the g * riifit&&k > sfdF tile ^ ^ iss % e . 'Af ^ eseht fh e ^ MiXl 0 ar"ried reader must , 10 > sQnnp q ^ se ^ ^ awjcirra ^ eousj i ) rtfei > enta 8 ^ Sttf 6 . bo * h . . t Seett ^ ie ^ gBeredjjti ^ s . jf £ l ^ ie / pocket edition it 19 said , " tWtords in tbe t ^ ct which are included in brackets are-of probable authority only /* ^ One would infer from this statement that those in italics are of Jesa ajiujiority than those la brackets ; but the Mereaa ^ couiU to * t h «^ e ^ o ^ ft * fifefcft £ ed >
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mortis included his u ^ ual inarfc df pr ^ bafele orofe ^ io « , unless the contrary is expressry ^ ti ^ ted . Fr ^ rA in&d * e * r # ence in the 4 ase of the 3 > riickets some corifusiofi unavoidably results to thd ^ e wh 6 have not Grresbach al hiind .
By a stngularinadvertence of tms kind the dotibtful pas ^ a ^ e at the beginning of Malthcw ( c'K . i . if . ~^ - ii . ^ 3 . ) is included in * brackets ^ ^ , nd tli is w ifh other considerations
suggests to us as very desirable , that the editors should , aftei * a . time ; publish a list of ^ errata , con - taining . those which their own ex-< a ? iainafcion or the observation of
their friends or opponents rnajf have suggested to them . Thfs portion is printed in italics ; and imicfo may be said in fevtmr of th = e plan > * birt on the whole wfe think it would have been mudk
less objectionable ^ if the editors had contented themselves with stating their Opinions respecting the doiabtfulne ^ s of the passage * The niere ptintitig in italics do £ s no more > than shew their judgment on the * point ^ and a note would have answered the same
purpose . W * e are irtclined in this / C * i » e to agvee in that judgment ; but avg ciiniiot think the evidence such > a $ 'fully * to ^ st ify the itfi ! lici ; ^ and we » hftve hetvrd at remarked , iwi (? h some ^ laiisi b ? l i ty } by one who-had perused the Introducrtipn with 'high featisfoiition , that jtfaeiftseitiofi &f ^ his ^ ind the cor-- , ¦ 1 ¦ \ ' ' . ¦ • 1 j
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/35/
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