, but interpolated by Lord
Byron
, in favour of his "guardian and relative." Now, all this might have slept in oblivion with Lord
Carlisle's
Dramas, and Lord
Byron's
Poems; but if this young Gentleman chooses to erect himself into a spokesman of the public opinion, it becomes worth while to consider to what notice he is entitled; when he affects a tone of criticism and an air of candour, he obliges us to enquire whether he has any just pretensions to either, and when he arrogates the high functions of public praise and public censure, we may fairly inquire what the praise or censure of such a being is worth:
"Thus bad begins, but worse remains behind."
[Detailed Contents of Appendices]
[Contents]