The Works of Shakespear, Vol. 1 of 8: The Genuine Text (Collated With All the Former Editions, and Then Corrected and Emended) Is Here Settled; Being Restored From the Blunders or the First Editors, a

Excerpt from The Works of Shakespear, Vol. 1 of 8: The Genuine Text (Collated With All the Former Editions, and Then Corrected and Emended) Is Here Settled; Being Restored From the Blunders or the First Editors, and the Interpolations of the Two Last <p/>But nothing will give the common Reader a better Idea of the Value of Mr. Pope's Edi tion, than the two Attempts which have been time made, by Mr. Theobald and Sir Thomas Hammer, in Oppofition to it. Who, altho' they concerned themfelves only in the fiifi of thefe three Parts of Criticifm, the rcfiormg tbe Texz', (without any Conception of the ficorzd, or venturing even to touch upon the mm' yet fucceeded to very ill in it, that they left their Author in ten times a worfe Condition than they found him. But, as it was my ill Fortune to have fome accidental Connexions With theic two Gentlemen, it will be incumbent on me to be a little more particular concerning them. <p/>About the Publisher <p/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p/>This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.