See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

LEWIS See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• LEWIS THEOBALD (1688-1744)

THEOBALD (1688-1744)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, playwright and Shakespearian commentator, the son of an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SITTINGBOURNE

Sittingbourne, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, and was baptized on the 2nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1688 . He was educated under a clergyman named See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis at Isleworth, and became a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . He followed his See also:

• FATHER

father's profession, but soon abandoned it for literature . In 1713 he translated the See also:

• PHAEDO

Phaedo of See also:

• PLATO

Plato, and entered into a See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract with See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard See also:

• LINTOT, BARNABY BERNARD (1675-1736)

Lintot the publisher to translate the tragedies of See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus . He seems to have made other promises not carried out, but in 1714 and 1715 appeared versions of the See also:

• ELECTRA ('HMKTpa)

Electra, the See also:

• AJAX
• AJAX (Gr. Alas)

Ajax, and the See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus Rex of See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, and the See also:

• PLUTUS

Plutus and the Clouds of See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes . He became a See also:

• REGULAR

regular hack-writer, contributing to Mist's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, and producing plays and poews of very small merit . The publication of his See also:

• PLAY

play The Perfidious See also:

• BROTHER

Brother (acted 171.5; printed 1716) involved See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• THEOBALD, LEWIS (1688-1744)

Theobald in considerable difficulty . He apparently received a rough draft of the play from See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Meystayer, a See also:

• LONDON

London watchmaker, with a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to arrange it for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . Theobald brought it out as his own See also:

• WORK

work . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year Meystayer produced a version, and charged Theobald with See also:

• PLAGIARISM

plagiarism, but there is no means of ascertaining the exact.; rights of the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . His poverty compelled him to produce rapidly . He translated the first See also:

• BOOK

book of the Odyssey (1716), wrote tragi-comedies, operas and masques, and helped See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of pantomimes, then an innovation at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane .

But in 1726 he produced See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope in his See also:

• LATE

late edition of this Poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true See also:

• READING

Reading of Shakespeare in all the See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions ever published (1726) . How-ever See also:

• ILL

ill Theobald may have succeeded as a poet and dramatist, he showed See also:

• GREAT

great discrimination as a textual editor . Some of his happiest emendations are to be found in this work, which conclusively proved Pope's incompetence as a Shakespearian editor . Two years later a second edition of Pope's work appeared . In it he stated that he had incorporated some of Theobald's readings, in all amounting to about twenty-five words, and that he added the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest which could " at worst but spoil See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• SHEET

sheet of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper that chances to be See also:

• LEFT

left vacant here." He also insinuated that Theobald had maliciously kept back his emendations during the progress of the edition . All this was a See also:

• GROSS

gross misstatement of fact . He had in reality incor• porated the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of Theobald's best emendations . In the first edition of the Dunciad (1728) Theobald figured as the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, and he occupied the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief victim until replaced by See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

Colley See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber in 1741 . In spite of the critics, Theobald's work was appreciated by the public . In 1731 he undertook to edit Shakespeare for See also:

• TONSON

Tonson the publisher . The work appeared in seven volumes in 1734, and completely superseded Pope's edition . From 1729 to the date of its publication Theobald had been engaged in See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence on the subject with See also:

• WARBURTON, BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE (1810-1852)
• WARBURTON, COLONEL SIR ROBERT (1842–1899)
• WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698–1779)

Warburton, who after his friend's See also:

• DEATH

death published an edition of Shakespeare, in the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface of which he asserted that Theobald owed his best corrections to him .

Study of the correspondence proves, however, that the indebtedness was on Warburton's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Subsequent editors reaped, in most cases without See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment or with actual scorn, the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of Theobald's pains-taking labour, his wide learning and his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius . But Pope's See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, as See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson justly remarked, blasted the characters that it touched . Theobald remained the, type of the dry-as-dust commentator . His merits obtained a tardy recognition on the publication of a detailed study of his critical work by Mr Churton See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins in an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay entitled " The See also:

• PORSON, RICHARD (1759-1808)

Porson of Shakespearian See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism " (Essays and Studies, 1895) . Theo-bald gave See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the same happy See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift in classical scholarship in some emendations of Aeschylus, See also:

• EUSTATHIUS
• EUSTATHIUS, or EUMATHIUS

Eustathius, See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus and others, contributed to a learned journal started by John See also:

• JORTIN, JOHN (1698—1770)

Jortin in 1731 . He was' a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the laureateship in 1730, but Cibber gained the coveted See also:

• POST

post . His last years were harassed by poverty and disease . He began a critical edition of the plays of See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont and See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher, completed by See also:

• SEWARD, ANNA (1747-1809)
• SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (180r-1872)

Seward and Sympson after his death, which took place on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1744 . His correspondence with See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew Concanen, Styan See also:

• THIRLBY (or THIRLEBY), THOMAS (c. 1506-1570)

Thirlby and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Warburton is to be found in See also:

• NICHOLS, JOHN (1745–1826)

Nichols's Illustrations of Literature (ii . 204-654), which also gives the fullest See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• LIFE

life .