ABSTRACT
From The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary…The Sixth Edition, with Additions (1758), pp. 212-38. Thomas Edwards prefixed this note: ‘The following REMARKS are copied from Mr Roderick’s papers, and inserted here; as containing acute yet sober criticisms on Shakespeare’s words, and judicious yet easy explanations of his sense: a circumstance which recommends also many of the foregoing examples, both to the Canons and Glossary, far more than their polemic merit; of which, however, the candid and intelligent reader will by no means esteem them void’ (p. 212). Richard Roderick (died 1756), was admitted to Queens’ College, Cambridge in 1728, and in 1743 became a fellow of Magdalene College. He was elected F.R.S. in 1750 and F.S.A. in 1752. Some poems by him are in Dodsley’s Collection of Poetry (1766 ed., ii. 309-21), and a translation of an ode by Horace (4.13) is in Duncombe’s versions of Horace (ii. 248-9).
