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rageous a character, as to palliate, though they may not excuse, the severity of his answers: and next, to the Bishop's fine Letter to Mr. Jane (page 168) which shows, that when addressed with Christian and gentlemanly courtesy, he knew how to reply even to the severest strictures on his works, as a Christian and a gentleman.

In conclusion, the Editor begs to offer his acknowledgments, first to his kind friends, and the other distinguished individuals, who have done him the honour to patronise his work: next to his respected publishers, for the care and judgment shown in carrying it through the press; and last, though not least, to the designer (his brother Edward Kilvert, of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford,) and engraver of the spirited sketch of Bishop Warburton and his Friends, which forms so conspicuous an ornament of it.

As it is hoped that this Publication may deserve to be considered as a supplemental volume to Bishop Warburton's Works, to which a masterly sketch of his Life, Character, and Writings, by his friend Bishop Hurd, is prefixed, it has not been

judged needful to give a biographical account of the Bishop, as it has been of his different Correspondents. A complete history of his literary life is still a desideratum. It may be gratifying to those who take an interest in the subject, to know that JAMES CROSSLEY, Esq. of Manchester, has long been collecting materials for such a Work.

Bath, Jan. 14, 1841.

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