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reminded of . 'fthe state im whi £ hi be « - received mpdern , criticism *^ < aaj if placed under His can £ by , a de , - > cree of : Parnassus , lue is siaiqf to have " struck out . a new original p lan , V and by " : a perfect ipSight into human nature , and" sp
ennobling the exercise of literary by the addition of tke justesjt moral censure , advanced criticisin , to its full glory / ' < Warb&krton , sufficiently impatient of censure * was pot
insensible to . the value of praise . He \ yas indeed like Wolsey as portrayed fety SJaakespeare ^ Lofty and sc \ ur to th ^ m that lov'd him uot , 5 ut to those me , n tchajt sought him , sweet as summer *!•
- As the jgdilQv o £ T ? Q |* q > he tfiok ^ aa eariy . acoasion to rej ^ m thg compliment ojf this d ^ dijqiripa . In a . note annexed to t ^ . e . E&sfcy ^ on Criticism ,- ( v . 632 *) he a ^ ri ^ y ^ s to . the . commentary andnot ^ ' ^ , on Horace , an asscinbhige < jf all ,
the eminent , qualities whicfe $ je Ancient critics had singly displayed ^ Nor was he . contfcjft without bestowing : upon his panegyrist a more substantial acknowledgment . Warb . urton had no \ y for
several . years been 44 preacher to the honourable sqciety of Lincoln ' s Inn 5 " an oSBce to \ ybich h& had been chosen by an u ;) an . iniious election , but w-hich was rather merited by his . talents than ^ suited to his inclination . Composition
^ Such he . was to poddridge , for whom , " as a sectarian divine , he , couI 4 havq no predUectip ^ His $ ioin # pher ^ ay ^ , < c It ^ yas not his manner to court the good
opinion of oiir Dissenters . " Dis . p . H 3 . To believe this , it is necessary only to read the feev . " Editor ' s ' insolen ^ t ^ ote on Pope ' s " Modest Foster /* and the notice taken of " the Dissenter Leland , " anci « some * of his' things . * ( in D . i ,. "ir . 15 a . ) But Eoster had ventured to explain the Jewi ^ h > tjbeogracy ^ n a n ^ anner differed ^ prn t ^ e system of the div ine I . egatio ^ n , ancl JLel ^ nd had written expressly , though in rnost rcspectfuL terms , against Jthe opinion ther £ maintained of the naWn nivsfceries . ( "TXdcessitv or feevelation , " r . iSA ) Bod-¦¦ m ¦
— - - — - -- ^ — - ^ - ^ y ^ v « ^ - ^ ^ u ^ " ^ ^ y m ^ w j ^ ^ ^ -w - m — — — - ^ — —^ — % j * w \ ^ m m k fridge on the contrary appears to have gratified Warburtori with unqualified praise . Their correspondence was first occasioned by a defence of the first vplump of JD . L . wr ; itteij 1 ? y Do < idri 4 ge in a periodical work , called " the We ^ l f Miscellany . '' Fte afe ^ rwardjs made an abs ^ ra ^ t pf t ; he second volume for " The Wor ^ s oi the Lparned . " the precursqr of our Reviews . This abstract W . de ~ ciares to he « J too good ^ foi * the journal , * ' and reserves for his own use . It might
have been expected that two persons so competent to the task would have bqnefije fl ; eaclv Qth , er during a familiar correspondence of twelve years , by" finding , like a friend , sp ^ cthmg t ^ o Wam ^/ ' as wel ^ as something to commend . " No ^ racre of this appears . V \ V . says to D . " I sat down to your notes ^ in the Family Expositor ] whh ' a great deal of malice , and ' a detcrnlined resolution not to spare you . ;—But your judgment isj always so true , and your decision so right , that 1 am a * uj ^ pfofitable a reader to . vqu as the least of your flo ^ k . ** His correspondent was Cov
n 9 t ^ htn ^ J > jm , ppddridge was complaisant enough ; he says , " Where every thing is so charmqig as this second yolufue [ of D I ^ J will be , if it be . like the first ' , it is difficult to know what to Omit , and consequently how to abridge it . " Their correspondence closes in an affecting manner , more becoming learned and religiqu ^ men , and hpnourable to the firmness qf S ^^ iburtpn ' s attachment . I > oddridge , ha ^ written , to his friend » ju ^ a ? he was sai ling for Lisbon , in the expectation of d ying there . Warburton replies " Your kind letter gave me and will give Mr . Alien great concern ; but for ourselves , not Vou . Death whenever it happens , in a life spent lik » yours , is to be envied not pitied ^ and you will have the pra ^ ps qf your friends as con ^ u ercp 9 have the , s-hputs of the crowd . G , od preserve you ! if he continues you ' here , U > go 01 ? in his ser ( vfv if he takes you to himself , to . be , cVpv / ' ne 4 with glo ' » y Be assur ^ ^ at the mem p ry of our friendship will be as durable as my life . " Letters to and from Rev . P . Doddiidge I 5 »—aio .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1808, page 407, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2395/page/3/
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