Original sentence: Coxeter's manuscript collections were largely used in Theophilus Cibber's ‘Lives of the Poets’ and in Thomas Warton's ‘History of English Poetry.He stated in the prospectus that, having determined to ‘revive the best of our old plays, faithfully collated with all the editions that could be found in a search of above thirty years,’ he ‘happened to communicate his scheme to one who now invades it,’—the reference being to Robert Dodsley, whose Select Collection of Old Plays appeared in 1744.Others–the Edinburgh Review in 1808, and contemporary scholars–have been more complimentary
Edited sentence: Coxeter's manuscript collections were largely used in Cibber's ‘Lives of the Poets’ and in Warton's ‘History of English Poetry.He stated in the prospectus that, having determined to ‘revive the best of our old plays, faithfully collated with all the editions that could be found in a search of above thirty years,’ he ‘happened to communicate his scheme to one who now invades it,’—the reference being to Robert Dodsley, whose ‘Select Collection of Old Plays’ appeared in 1744