. Hudibras. A poem in three cantos. and the featuresof each face more exactly than could be expedled: the pic-ture belonged to Mr. Walfli the poet, and has always beencalled Oliver Cromwells guard-room : the figures are cer-tainly portraits; but I leave it to the critics in that line tofind out the originals. When I firll: undertook this work, it was defigned that thewhole fhould be comprifed in two volumes : the firfl com- * Hogarth was born in 1698, and the edition of Hudibras, with his cuts, publiflied 1726. AUTHOR OF HUDIDRAS. XXXIX prehending the poem, the fecond the notes, but the thlck-
. Hudibras. A poem in three cantos. and the featuresof each face more exactly than could be expedled: the pic-ture belonged to Mr. Walfli the poet, and has always beencalled Oliver Cromwells guard-room : the figures are cer-tainly portraits; but I leave it to the critics in that line tofind out the originals. When I firll: undertook this work, it was defigned that thewhole fhould be comprifed in two volumes : the firfl com- * Hogarth was born in 1698, and the edition of Hudibras, with his cuts, publiflied 1726. AUTHOR OF HUDIDRAS. XXXIX prehending the poem, the fecond the notes, but the thlck-nefs of the paper, and iize of the type, obliged the binder todivide each vokime into two tomes ; this has iindefignedlyencreafed the number of tomes, and the price of the work.* * Mr. Rollin in his advertifement to the eleventh volume of his ancient hiftory, fays, Ce volume seft trouvc dune groffeiir fi enormc quon scft cru oblige de le divifer pour la? commodite des ledures, & de la couper en deux tomes. m ^-yMo^tM^n-en^—. ^. Cyaci/^, C^n,^e-nr~Ocr/^ei <««
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