Excerpt from A Vindication of the Late Editor of Pope's Works, From Some Charges Brought Against Him, by a Writer in the Quarterly Review, for October, 1820: With Further Observations on "the Invariable Principles of Poetry;" And a Full Exposure of the Mode of Criticising Adopted by Octavius Gilchrist, Esq. F. A.S When charges are brought, of no light weight, mingled with expressions Of spleen and sarcasm, in a distinguished popular journal, and under the eye, and, I might add, with the sanction, of such a character as Mr. Gifford, the charges ought to be deeply weighed by any one who has a regard to his own moral or literary character. If he is convinced, upon consideration, that the charges have not been made out, it is a duty he owes to himself and the public, to give his reasons for so thinking. If he has been affected by the expressions of ill-deserved sarcasm, he will show his sense of it, as far as possible, by disdaining, where its bitterest tone might in re turn be assuredly justified, to use language so unwarrantable, even in self-defence, his motives being solely those of truth and justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.