f _Reason_ in the
solemn Worship of God, is the sacred _Right_, and indispensible
_Duty_, of Man," receives its share of eulogy. In every connection the
Tories are violently attacked.

The Dedication ends in a peroration of praise for Walpole's public
achievements which "shall adorn the History of _Britain_," and for his
"_Private Virtues_ and all the _softer Features_" of his mind. His
home of retirement is referred to in the lines of Milton:

"Great Palace now of Light!
Hither, as to their Fountain, other Stars
Repairing, in their golden Urns, draw Light;
And here [sic] the Morning Planet gilds her Horns."

[P.L. 7. 363-66]

"Thus splendid, and superior, your Lordship now flourishes in
honourable Ease, exerting universal Benevolence...." But in
dedications, as in lapidary inscriptions, as Dr. Johnson might
have agreed, a writer need not be upon oath.

At the end of the _Essay_ Morris reprinted two essays from _The
Spectator_, Nos. 35 and 62, and William Congreve's "An Essay concerning
Humour in Comedy. To Mr. Dennis" (Congreve's _Works_, ed. Summers, III,
161-68). Since these are readily available, they have not been included
in this edition.

The present facsimile is made from a copy owned by Louis I. Bredvold,
with his kind permission.

James L. Clifford

Columbia University

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[Transcriber's Note:
The ARS edition included an errata slip, reproduced here. Where
text was changed or deleted, the original is given in brackets.
Corrections to the _Essay_ itself are listed after the ARS errata.]

Please paste the following in your copy of Corbyn Morris's
_Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit_....

(_ARS_, Series One, No. 4)

ERRATA

INTRODUCTION:

page 5, line 1--"word apparently omitted" should be inclosed in
brackets.

page 5, line 6--"not identified" should be inclosed in brackets.

page 6, line 5--the first "of" should be omitted.
["modern readers need not regret too much of the omission
of the fulsome 32 page dedication"]

page 6, line 12, should read
"Walpole is praised for not curbing the press while necessarily
curbing the theatre, his aid to commerce".
["Walpole is praised for not curbing the theatre; his aid to
commerce"]

page 6, line 25--"sic" should be inclosed in brackets, as also
"P.L. 7. 363-66" in the next line.

[ ESSAY ON WIT:

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