Hence, many Pieces were taken down in Short-hand, and imperfectly copied by Ear, from a Representation: Others were printed from piece-meal Parts surreptitiously obtain'd from the Theatres, Uncorrect, and without the Poet's Knowledge.
"Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare"
D. Nichol Smith
Excepting some Uncorrect Verses, Virgil never flags: Or when he appears to do so, it is on purpose; according to that most true Opinion of my Lord Roscommon: For I mistake; or far the greatest Part Of what some call Neglect, was study'd Art.
"The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)"
Joseph Trapp