Warburton, William | Quarterly Review (essay date June 1812)
Quarterly Review (essay date June 1812)
SOURCE: Review of The Works of the Right Rev. William Warburton, D.D. Lord Bishop of Gloucester. A New Edition. To which is prefixed, a Discourse by way of General Preface; containing some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author. Quarterly Review 7 (June 1812): 382-407.
[In the following review of Richard Hurd's edition of Warburton's complete works, the anonymous reviewer discusses the highlights of Warburton's life and his principal publications.]
The learned and celebrated author of these volumes died in the year 1779. In 1788 a magnificent edition of his works, of which only 250 copies were printed, issued from the press of Mr. Nichols; and after a lapse of six years, a ‘Discourse by way of General Preface, containing an Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author,’ was added by his confidential friend and admirer, the late Bishop of...
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