And though his Antagonift Mr. yack/bn,
who is only a learned Critic according to
the Rules of Arifiotle and the Ancients, has
jreated him with Conteinpt, as it is no won-
der he fhould ; this was owing, I find, not
to his Want of Candor (for they fay he is a
(jioft candid and good-natur'd Man) but to I
Mxi knowing mthing\zs, theHypercriticjuftly
obferves p. 15. of the fecond Edit, of ihe
Critical Enquiry^ oftbe vaft Improvements
made in tbe Art ej Criticijm in tbej'e latter
Ages, which comiriene'd at the Publication
jlWf ]\jr, Warburton's Writings. Befides I
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am told, that Mr. yackjhn is ^itrflwo'wjf^jj
and therefore probably will, with a contenM
ptuous Silence, having fufficiently reprov*d
the bad Condudt of the two modern Critics^
wliich he finds incorrigible, let them have
the laft Word, which is hut reafonable, fincfl
they had the JirJI,

However, as I freely own the Obligatloa
1 have to Mr. WarburtorC s Writings faj
the Knowledge I have got of the lately imi
pro-o'd Art oj Criticifm, and that I have beeq
long mifled hy fuch unimprov'd fuperap?
nuated Critics as Anjictle, Dionvfnn of Ha^
licarnajjui^ honginm, Varro, Cicero. ^iiU
tilian, and others ; I fliall, for the Benefit d|
this and future Ages, communicate the RuJci
and Practice of this new Art in the follo^y'-
ing (hort Treatife. ^1

As foon as you are able to read Greek art^
Latin (and if you underftand Englijh tooif^
is fo much the better) and have a Mind t^
fiiew away as a modern improv'd Critic, hi
pouring out new Light upon the darkneq
'World; whatever Subject you take to iin-
prove (it is no Matter whether Pagan d|
Chriftian) give it a plaufible Title and firtJ
gular loo, as Divine Legation &c. thi




3ny other Title would fuit as well, fince you
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intend leali" of all to be coiiflh'd to treat of
your Subjedt, but chiefly to £hew your cri-
tical Learning on every other Subjeft.
