VOLUME. VI. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING LEAR. AN alienated child, p. 6. 1. 30. to 41. p. 7.1. I. Baftardy, p. 12. 1. 15. to 29 t. Aftrology ridiculed, p. 15. l. 21. to 36. Ingratitude in a child, p. 24. 1. 32. 33. 34. Flattering fycophants, p. 34. l. 29. to 37. Plain, blunt men p. 35. l. 14. to 23. A defcription of Bedlam beggars, p. 37. l. 24. to 29. p. 38. I. L. to 10. The faults of infirmity pardonable, p. 41. l. 8. to 16. Unkindness, p. 42. l. I. 2. Offences miftaken, p. 43. l. 35. 36. 34. to 37. Lear on the ingratitude of his daughters, p. 45. l. 42. 43. p. 46. l. 5. to 12. Wilful men, p. 46. 1 35. 36. 37. A description of Lear's diftrefs amidst the storm, p. 47. l. II. to 13. His paffionate exclamations amidst the tempeft, p. 48. 1. 29. to 36. p. 49. l. 1. 6. to 16. 32. to 40. p. 50. l. 1. to 15. p. 52. l. 11. to 41. p. 53. l. 1. 2. 12. to 16. 34. to 40. p. 54. l. I. 2. could have fo well become the mouth of an Archbishop as scripture ones; and we may observe, what graces this elegant compliment to his princefs gains from thence. The bleffings of Solomon's reign are fet forth in the firft of Kings, chap. iv.; where particularly 'tis fard, "Every man dwelt fafely under his vine:" and fo in the Prophet Micah, " They fhall fit every man under his vine, and under his fig. tree; and none shall make them afraid: for all people will walk e very one in the name of his god, &c." See chap. iv. verje. 4. 5. +1.25&feqq. How much thefe lines are in character, may be feen by that monftrous wifh of Vanini, the Italian Atheist, in his tract, De admirandis naturæ reginæ deæque mortalium arcanis, printed at Paris 1616, the very year our poet died. O utinam extra legi timum & connubialem thorum effem procreatus! Ita enim progeni tores mei in venerem incaluiffent ardentiùs, ac cumulatim affatimque generofa femina contuliffent, è quibus ego forme blanditiam ac elegan tiam, robuftas corporis vires, mentemque innubilam confequutus fuiffem. At quia conjugatorum fum foboles, his orbatus fum bonis. Had the book been published but ten or twenty years fooner, who would not have believed that Shakespeare alluded to this paffage? But the divi nity of his genius foretold, as it were, what fuch an Atheist, as Va nini would fay, when he wrote upon fuch a fubject. Mr. Warbur ton. But if, (fays Mr. Dodd,) supposing Vanini had wrote firth, we should have imagined Shakespeare alluded to him; why may we not, as it is, believe Vanini alluded to Shakespeare? On On man, p. 54. 1. 30. to 37. The juftice of providence, p. 66.1 21. to 27. A defcription of Lear diftracted, p 71. l. 16. to 21. A defcription of Dover cliff, p. 73. l. 33, to, 40. p. 74. l. I. to 7. Glo'fter's farewell to the world, p. 74. 1. 21. to 27. Lear, in his madness, on the grofs flatterers of princes, p. 76. l. 12. to 21. On the abufe of power, p. 77. l. 31. to 42. p. 78. l. I. Cordelia on the ingratitude of her fifters, p. 82. l. 3. to 6. 8. to 13. 16. to. 20. Lear to Cordelia, when taken prifoners, p. 87. l. 4. to 18. The juftice of the gods p. 91. l. 37. 38. Edgar's account of his discovering himself to his father, &c. p. 92. 1. 10. to 42. p. 93. l. I. to 6. TIMON OF ATHENS. Painting, p. 1oz. 7. 25. to 29. The pleasure of doing good, p. 108. 1. 29. to 38. A faithful fteward, p. 119. 7. 12. to 18. The ingratitude of Timon's friends, p. 220. 1. 28, to 40. p. 121. 1. s. to 5. Against duelling, p. 131. l. 7, to 16. Timon's execrations on the Athenians, p. 136. L. 35. to 38. p. 137. 1. 1. to 19. A friend forfaken, p. 138. l. 8. to 15. On gold, p. 140. l. 1. to 22. Timons fpeech to Alcibiades, p 142. l. 17. to 38. His fpeech to the courtezans, p. 143. 1. 22. 10 34. His reflections on the earth, p. 144. l. 12. to 33. His difcourfe with Apemantus, p. 145. l. 3. to 33. p. 146. l. 16. to 41. p. 147. l. I. 2. On gold, p. 149.7 36.to 41. p. 150. l. 1. to 7. Timon's fpeech to the thieves, p. 150. l. 40. 41. p. 151. 7. 1. to 30. TITUS ANDRONICUS. MErcy, p. 167.1. ult. p. 168. l. 1. 2. Thanks, p. 170. 1. 25. 26. An invitation to love, p. 182. l. 31. to 38. p. 183. l. 1. to10. 1. 1. to 6. A ring in a dark pit, p. 188, 1. 15. to 19. A young lady playing on the lute, and finging, p. 191. l. 24. to 37. A lady's tongue cut out, p. 194. l. 17. to 21. A perfon in defpair, compared to one on a rock, &c. p. 194. 1. 28. to 32. Tears compared to dew on a lily, p. 195. l. 4. 5. 6.. THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH. WItches defcribed, p. 236. l. 16. to 24 *. Lady Macbeth's foliloquy on the news of Duncan's approach, p 242. l. 37. to 40. p. 243. l. I. to 14. Macbeth's irrefolution, p. 245. l. 16. to 38. p. 246. l. I. to 5 t. True fortitude, p. 246. l. 29. 30. Macbeth's foliloquy at murdering the King, p. 249. l. 10. to 37. p. 250. 51. entire. p. 252. l. I. to 20 t. His guilty confcience, and fears of Banquo, p. 263. l. 4. to 22. 33. to 37. p. 264. l. I. to 14. His furprise at the fight of Banquo's ghost, p. 266. l. 21. to 42. p. 267. 8. entire. p. 269. l. to 18. Shakespeare's excellence in these fictitious characters hath been before obferved, p. 1. In fuch circles, indeed, none could move like him; ghosts, witches, and fairies, feem to acknowledge him their fovereign. We must observe, that the reality of witches was firmly believed in our author's time, not only established by law, but by fa fhion alfo; and that it was not only unpolite, but criminal to doubt it: and, as hath been remarked [by Mr.Samuel Johnfon, the celebra ted author of the Rambler,]" upon this general infatuation, Shakefpeare might be easily allowed to found a play, especially fince he has followed with great exactnefs fuch hiftories as were then thought true: nor can it be doubted, that the scenes of inchantment, however they may now be ridiculed, were both by himself and his au dience thought awful and affecting." Mr. Dodd. The arguments (fays Mr. Johnson) by which Lady Macbeath perfuades her husband to commit the murder, afford a proof of Shakespeare's knowledge of human nature. She urges the excellence and dignity of courage: a glittering idea which has dazzled man. kind from age to age, and animated fometimes the houfe-breaker, and fometimes the conqueror. But this fophifm Macbeth has for ever deftroyed, by diftinguishing true from falfe fortitude, in a line and a half; of which it may almoft be faid, that they ought to be ftow immortality on the author, though his other productions had been loft. tp. 249. 1. 33. & feqq." Hear not, O earth, my steps, left thy very ftones fhould prate, fhould tell of where I am, and what I am about to perpetrate, and by their prating, or making a noife, take away that filence, the prefent horror, from the time, which fo well fuits with it." For what could be more dreadful to fuch a mind as Mac beth's, than fo univerfal a filence, when all nature deeply hushed, muft feem to his guilty mind, as liftening to his purpose, and attending to the act he was about to perform? Mr. Dodd. Witches Witches, their power, p. 274. l. 5. to 16. Malcolm's character of himfelf, p. 282. 1. 36. to 41. p. 283. l. I. to 39. An oppreffed country, p. 285. l. 1. to 10. Macduff on the murder of his wife and children, p. 285. l. 37.10 41. p. 286. entire. p. 287. l. 1. to 16. Lady Macbeth's behaviour with a taper in her hand p. 288. entire.' p. 289. l. I. to IO. Defpifed old age, p. 291. l. 13. to 19. Difeafes of the mind incurable, p. 291. 2. 36. to 40. p. 292. l. I. CORIOLANUS. THE mob, p. 304. 1. 9. to 25. THE An imaginary description of Coriolanus warring, p. 309. 1. 29. to 41. p. 310. l. 1. 2. Doing our duty merits not praise, p. 319. l. 13. to 19. Popularity, p. 328. 1. 9. to 26. The mischief of anarchy, p. 345. l. 35. to 39. The character of Coriolanus, p. 350. l. 19. to 25. Honour and policy, p. 354. l. 18. to 22. The method to gain popular favour, p. 355. l. 12. to 25. Coriolanus, his abhorrence of flattery, p. 356 l. 16. to 29. His mother's refolution on his ftubborn pride, p. 356. 7. 30, to 37. His deteftation of the vulgar, p. 361. l. 4. to 17. Precepts against ill fortune p. 362. . 2. to 1 I. On common friendships, p. 367. 7. 6. to 17. Martial friendship, p. 370. /. 23. to 41. p. 371. l. 1. 2. The feafon of folicitation, p. 381. /. 37. to 41. p. 382. l. 1. 2. 3. Relenting, tenderness, p. 386. l. 28. to 40. Chastity, p. 387. 1. 14. to 17. Coriolanus's prayer for his fon, p. 387. l. 22. to 27. His mother's pathetic fpeech to him, p. 388. l. 9. to 20. 25. to 29. Peace after a fiege, p. 392. l. 19. to 24. VOLUME VII.. JULIUS CÆSAR. Patriotifm, p. 8. 1. 7. to 12. Caffius's contempt of Cæfar, p. 8. 1. 20. 10 39. p. 9. 1. 1. to 39. Cæfar's diflike of Caffius, p. 11. l. 3. to 17. The fpirit of liberty, p. 16. l. 25. to 36. Ambition covered with fpecious humility, p. 19. 7. II. to 17. Confpiracy * That nice tritic, Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus, confeffes, that he could not find thofe great frokes, which he calls the terrible graces, £3 any Confpiracy defcribed, p. 20. l. 37. to 40. p. 21. l. 1. to 4. Sleep, p. 25.1.3.4.5.6. Portia's fpeech to Brutus, p. 25. 7. 12. to 32.. Calphurnia any where fo frequent as in Homer. I believe the fuccefs would be the fame likewife, if we fought for them in any other of our authors befides our British Homer, Shakespeare. This defcription of the condition of confpirators has a pomp and terror in it that perfectly af tonishes. Our excellent Mr. Addison, whofe modefty made him fometimes diffident in his own genius, but whofe exquifite judgment always led him to the safest guides, has paraphrased this fine defcrip. tion, in his Cato. O think, what anxious moments pass between Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death. But we are no longer to expect those terrible graces, which he could not hinder from evaporating in the transfufion. We may obferve two things on his imitation. Firft, That the subjects of these two confpiracies being fo very different, (the fortune of Cæfar and the Roman empire being concerned in the firft, and that of only a few auxiliary troops in the other,) Mr. Addison could net with that propriety bring in that magnificent circumstance, which gives the terrible grace to Shakespeare's defcription. The genius and the mortal inftruments Are then in council. For kingdoms, in the poetical theology, befides their good, have their evil geniuses likewise, represented here, with the most daring stretch of fancy, as fitting in council with the confpirators, whom he calls the mortal inftruments. But this would have been too great an apparatus to the rape and defertion of Syphax and Sempronius. Secondly, The other thing very obfervable is, that Mr. Addison was fo warmed and affected with the fire of Shakespeare's defcription, that, instead of copying his author's fentiments, he has, before he was aware, given us only the image of his own expreffions, on the reading his great original. For, Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death, are but the affections raised by such forcible images as these, Comparing the mind of a confpirator to an anarchy, is juft and beautiful; but the interim to a hideous dream, has fomething in it fo wonderfully |