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hope the public will lay aside all prejudice my conduct may have deserved , and grant me that kind indulgence which is the certain inmate of every Englishman ' s bosom . ' With respect to the first of these declarations , we think it cannot be doubted , ¦ that the elder Ireland was altogether ignorant of the origin of the papers . Withrespeft to the second , we think the -world as much in the dark as ever : forit is hardly credible that a young maniS of who was engaged
, years age , in the drudgery of an attorney ' s office , could find leisure to compose and xvrite what , prima facie , must have been the labour of years , This young man ' s folly must equal his vaiity , if he supposes the world will credit so gross an inconsistency-. ^ Besides that the present pamphlet is so contemptible a composition , so inaccurate in style and grammar , that it cannot be from the author of the MSS . which , with many defects , certainl y possess much genius and erudition . This judgment we gave in our critique on Vortigern in a . former
number . * Upon the whole , therefore , we give it as oiir decided opinion , that if there be forgery , it is the forgery of men of very superior talents to Mr . W . H . Ireland . As to the third " declaration , it is merely standing for-, ward boldly , and saying , f' Whoever contradifts me , is a lyar , " We have bestowed rather more notice on this extraordinary pamphlet , than we ordinarily do on productions of its size ; but the many ' and various opinions on the subjeft , have induced us to treat of it at some length . And we
cannot conclude without adding , that this " authentic account" appears to ps to envelope the matter in still greater mystery . A specimen of an attempt to imitate Shakspear is inserted in the pamphlet s which our readers will find among our poetry for this month , Mr . Ireland ' s Vindication of his Conduct respecting the Publication of the supposed Shakspear MSS . being a Preface or Introduction to a Rep'y lo the Critical Labours of Mr . Malone , in
his " Enquiry into the Aulhenlicity of certain Papers , " & c . & c . 8 x' 0 . pages 4 8 . Price 2 s . Faulder . - THE intention of the elder Ireland , in this pamphlet , is to clear his character from the foul aspersions which have been thrown on it respecting the publication of the Shakspear Papers . After the account we have given of the pamphlet of his son , in the last article , it is almost unnecessary to enter into a detail of this . An advertisement prefixed will best speak Mr . Ireland ' s , intention .
' The following sheets ori ginally formed a part of a work now in considerable forwardness , as a reply to Mr . Malone ' s critical labours on the subjeft of the Shakspear MSS . The body of this work required considerable research , and so large a portion of time for its completion , as to render some further delay univoidable in the publication of the whole . But this part of the work having been completed and ready for the public eye , I have yielded to the importunities of my friends , who have suggested to me the necessity at this
moment , of laying before the public such further particulars as rslate to my conduct therein . It . will be observed that I have adverted in the course of the following pages to Mr . Malone : and if the animadversions should be deemed irrelevant , I trust , that no other apology is necessary , than the intimation alread y given , of my having intended this Vindication as an introduction tothe work alluded to , and therefore that it was a more eligible plan 3 not to make any deviation from the method , I at first determined upoi ^ pursuing .
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Review Of New Publications.
hope the public will lay aside all prejudice my conduct may have deserved , and grant me that kind indulgence which is the certain inmate of every Englishman ' s bosom . ' With respect to the first of these declarations , we think it cannot be doubted , ¦ that the elder Ireland was altogether ignorant of the origin of the papers . Withrespeft to the second , we think the -world as much in the dark as ever : forit is hardly credible that a young maniS of who was engaged
, years age , in the drudgery of an attorney ' s office , could find leisure to compose and xvrite what , prima facie , must have been the labour of years , This young man ' s folly must equal his vaiity , if he supposes the world will credit so gross an inconsistency-. ^ Besides that the present pamphlet is so contemptible a composition , so inaccurate in style and grammar , that it cannot be from the author of the MSS . which , with many defects , certainl y possess much genius and erudition . This judgment we gave in our critique on Vortigern in a . former
number . * Upon the whole , therefore , we give it as oiir decided opinion , that if there be forgery , it is the forgery of men of very superior talents to Mr . W . H . Ireland . As to the third " declaration , it is merely standing for-, ward boldly , and saying , f' Whoever contradifts me , is a lyar , " We have bestowed rather more notice on this extraordinary pamphlet , than we ordinarily do on productions of its size ; but the many ' and various opinions on the subjeft , have induced us to treat of it at some length . And we
cannot conclude without adding , that this " authentic account" appears to ps to envelope the matter in still greater mystery . A specimen of an attempt to imitate Shakspear is inserted in the pamphlet s which our readers will find among our poetry for this month , Mr . Ireland ' s Vindication of his Conduct respecting the Publication of the supposed Shakspear MSS . being a Preface or Introduction to a Rep'y lo the Critical Labours of Mr . Malone , in
his " Enquiry into the Aulhenlicity of certain Papers , " & c . & c . 8 x' 0 . pages 4 8 . Price 2 s . Faulder . - THE intention of the elder Ireland , in this pamphlet , is to clear his character from the foul aspersions which have been thrown on it respecting the publication of the Shakspear Papers . After the account we have given of the pamphlet of his son , in the last article , it is almost unnecessary to enter into a detail of this . An advertisement prefixed will best speak Mr . Ireland ' s , intention .
' The following sheets ori ginally formed a part of a work now in considerable forwardness , as a reply to Mr . Malone ' s critical labours on the subjeft of the Shakspear MSS . The body of this work required considerable research , and so large a portion of time for its completion , as to render some further delay univoidable in the publication of the whole . But this part of the work having been completed and ready for the public eye , I have yielded to the importunities of my friends , who have suggested to me the necessity at this
moment , of laying before the public such further particulars as rslate to my conduct therein . It . will be observed that I have adverted in the course of the following pages to Mr . Malone : and if the animadversions should be deemed irrelevant , I trust , that no other apology is necessary , than the intimation alread y given , of my having intended this Vindication as an introduction tothe work alluded to , and therefore that it was a more eligible plan 3 not to make any deviation from the method , I at first determined upoi ^ pursuing .