The Second Edition of the Reverend Dr. Hawker's Letter to the Reverend R. Polwhele, Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall

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Excerpt from The Second Edition of the Reverend Dr. Hawker's Letter to the Reverend R. Polwhele, Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall: In Reply to His Address, Entitled, a Letter to the Rev. Robert Hawker, D. D., Vicar of the Parish of Charles, Plymouth, Occasioned by His Late Expedition Into CornwallAletter, dated from Manaccan, fo long fince as the firft of June, is this moment put into my bands, which in the title-page is (aid to be written by you, and addreited to me. I shall allume it for granted that you are the Author of it, though other authority I have none than what the title-page affords. The method to be fure is novel, and for the prefervation of good order and decorum in focicty, I hope it will long remain peculiarly your own to addrefs a letter ofienfibly to an individual, and that too on the fubjeét of reproof, and yet to fulfer it to come to him only, through the indireét channel of the public. Would it not have been more confi¿ent with the candor you fo highly profefs, to have given me the earlielt Oppor tunity of vindicating myfelf, before you held me up to the derifion of the World? In our boyish days, it: was ever deemed the decided mark of a very dafiardly fpirit, to firike the firf't blow from behind. And I be lieve the general fenfe of mankind, in riper years, is not in favor of a contrary opinion. Your will forgive, me therefore, I hope, that in reply to your favor, I venture to depart from your plan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.