Excerpt from The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; The Trial of the Letter Y, Alias Y, and SonnetsWho is Mr. Warburton what is bis birth, or whence bi: privilege i that the reputations of men both living and dead, of men in birth, charael'cr, fiation, in every infiance of true worthinefs, much his fuperiors, mull lie at the mercy of his petulant fatire, to be hacked and mangled ashis ill-mannered fpleen {hall prompt him 5 while it iall be unlawful for any body, under penalty of degradation, to laugh at the urn. Fcholar-like blunders, the crude and far-fetch'd conceits, the illiberal and indecent reeetions; which he has endeavoured with fo much feif fuiciency and arrogance to put-off upon the world as a fiandard of true criticifm?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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