Richmond's prayer, p. 261. l. 19. t) 28. Richard starting out of his dream, p. 263. l. ult. p. 264. l. 1. to 5. Confcience, p. 267. l. 25. 26. Richard's foliloquy before the battle, p. 268. 1. 24. to 28. His behaviour after an alarum, p. 268. l. ult. p. 269. l. 1. to 6. The Life of Henry VIII. ANger, p. 277. 1. 5. 198. Action to be carried on with refolution, p. 282. 1. 11. to 27. New customs, p. 286. l. 17. 18. 19. The Duke of Buckingham's prayer for the King, p. 295. l. 7. to 11. Dependents not to be too much trusted by great men, p. 296. I, 2. A good wife, p. 298. l. 10. to 16. The bleffings of a low ftation, p. 302. l. 13. to 16. [to 8. Queen Catharine's speech to her husband, p. 305. l. 36. to 41. p. 306. 7. 1. to 21. Her fpeech to Cardinal Wolfey, p. 308. 1. 8. to 19. On her own merit, p. 315. 1. 26. to 38. Compared to a lily, p. 316. l. 13. 14. 15. Obedience to princes, p. 316. l. 25. 26. 27. Horror, its outward effects, p. 320. l. 36. to 40. p. 321. l. 1. 2. 3. Firm allegiance, p. 323. l. 8. to 13. Anger, its external effects, p. 323. l. 24. to 28. Falling greatnefs, p. 324. l. 1. to 6. The viciffitudes of life, p. 327. 1. 25. to 41. p. 328. l. 1. to 6. Cardinal Wolfey's fpeech to Cromwell, p. 329. l. 34. to 42. p. 330. 1. 1. to 21. Applaufe, p. 333. 1. 20. to 30. Cardinal Wolfey's death, p. 335. l. 18. to 31. His vices and virtues, p. 335. 1. 31. to 40. p. 336. l. 1. to 8. 12. to Malicious men, p. 348. l. 2. 3. 4. A churchman defcribed, p. 348. 1. 23. to 26. Inhumanity, p. 348. l. 36. 37. * Abp. Cranmer's prophecy, p. 355. l. 2. 10 42. p. 356. l. 1. 2. † [32% VOLUME *The poet, (fays Mr. Dodd), in the former part of the play, gives us the fame humane and tender fentiment: O iny Lord, Prefs not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue. p. 327. I. 4. 5. Nothing can afford us a better idea of the author's excellent mind; and we are affured, from the account we have of his character, he was remarkable for his humanity, benevolence, and many virtues. Look how the father's face Lives in his iffue, even fo the race Of Shakespear's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-torned, and true-filed lines. Ben Johnson. + The poet's excellence in fo beautifully keeping up the propriety of his characters, can never be fufficiently adinired; no expreffions VOL. I. f could VI. A VOLUME The Life and Death of King Lear. N alienated child, p. 6. l. 30. to 41. p. 7. l. 3. Baftardy, p. 12. 1. 15. to 29. Aftrology ridiculed, p. 15. 1. 21. 10 36% A description of Bedlam beggars, p. 37. 1. 24. to 29. p. 38. l. 1. to 13. The faults of infirmity pardonable, p. 41. l. 8. to 16. Unkindness, p. 42. l. 1. 2. Offences mistaken, p. 43. 1. 35. 36. Rifing paffion, p. 44. l. 22. to 33. The neceflaries of life few, p. 45. l. 34. to 37. Lear on the ingratitude of his daughters, p. 45. 1. 42. 43. p. 46. l. 1. 10 12. Wilful men, p. 46. l. 35. 36. 37. A defcription of Lear's diftrefs amidst the storm, p. 47. l. 11. 10 23. 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. tọ 41. p. 53. l. 1. 2. 12. to 16. 34. to 40. p. 54. l. 1. 2. could have fo well become the mouth of an Archbishop as fcripture ones; and we may obferve, what graces this elegant compliment to his princess gains from thence. The bleffings of Solomon's reign are fet forth in the first of Kings, chap. iv.; where particularly 'tis said, Every man dwelt fafely under his vine :" and fo in the Prophet Micah," They shall fit every man under his vine, and under his figtree; and none fhall make them afraid for all people will walk every one in the name of his god, &c." See chap. iv. verfe 4. 5. 66 * 1. 25. &feqq. How much thefe lines are in character, may be feen by that monftrous with of Vanini, the Italian Athieft, in his tract, De admirandis naturæ reginæ deæque mortalium arcanis, printed at Paris 1616, the very year our poet died. O utinam extra legitimum connubialem thorum effem procreatus! Ita enim progenitores mei in venerm incaluiffent ardentiùs, ac cumulatim affatimque generofa femina contuliffent, è quibus ego forma blanditiam ac elegantiam, robuftas corporis vires, mentemque innubilam confequutus fuiffem. At quia conjugatorum fum foboles, his orbatus fum bonis. Had the book been published but ten or twelve years fooner, who would not have believed that Shakespear alluded to this paffage? But the divinity of his genius foretold, as it were, what fuch an Athiest, as Vanini, would fay, when he wrote upon fuch a subject. Mr. Warburton. -But if, (fays Mr. Dodd), fuppofing Vanini had wrote first, we should have imagined Shakespear alluded to him; why may we not, as it is, believe Vanini alluded to Shakespear? On On man, p. 54. l. 30. to 37. The juftice of providence, p. 66. 1. 21. to 27. Patience and forrow, p. 76. l. 9. to 17. A description of Lear distracted, p. 71. l. 16. to 21. A defcription of Dover cliff, p. 73. l. 33. to 40. p. 74. l. 1. to 7. Glo'fter's farewel to the world, p. 74. l. 21. to 27. Lear, in his madness, on the grofs flatterers of princes, p. 76. 1. 12. to 21. On the abuse of power, p. 77. l. 31. to 42. p. 78. l. 1. Cordelia on the ingratitude of her sisters, 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. 1. 37. 38. Edgar's account of his discovering himself to his father, &c. p. 94. 1. 10. 10 42. p. 93. l. 1. to 6. P Timon of Athens. Ainting, p. 102. l. 25. to 29. The pleasure of doing good, p. 108. 1. 29. to 38. A faithful steward, p. 119. l. 12. to 18. The ingratitude of Timon's friends, p. 220. 1. 28. to 40. p. 121. 7. 1. to 5. Against duelling, p. 131. 1. 7. to 16. Timon's execrations on the Athenians, p. 136. l. 35. to 38. p. 137. 1. 1. to 29. A friend forfaken, p. 138. l. 8. to 15. On gold, p. 140. 1. 1. 10 22. Timon's fpeech to Alcibiades, p. 142. l. 17. to 38. His fpeech to the courtezans, p. 143. 1. 22. to 34. His reflections on the earth, p. 144. 1. 12. 10 33. His difcourfe with Apemantus, p. 145. l. 3. to 33. p. 146. l. 16. to 41. p. 147. l. 1. 2. On gold, p. 149. l. 36. to 41. p. 150. l. 1. to 7. Timon's fpeech to the thieves, p. 150. l. 40. 41. p. 151. l. 1. to 39. Titus Andronicus. Ercy, p. 167. l. ult. p. 168. l. 1. 2. Με Thanks, p. 170. 1. 25. 26. An invitation to love, p. 182. l. 31. to 38. p. 183. 7. 1. 10 10. 1. 1. to 6. A ring in a dark pit, p. 188. 7. 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. 1. 17. to -2.1. A person in despair, compared to one on a rock, &c. p. 194. l. 28, to 32. T'ears compared to dew on a lily, p. 195. l. 4. 5. 6. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Itches defcribed, p. 236. l. 16 to 24. Macbeth's temper described, p. 242. l. 9. to 16. Lady Macbeth's foliloquy on the news of Duncan's approach, p. 242. 1. 37. to 40. p. 243. l. 1. to 14. Macbeth's irrefolution, p. 245. l. 16. to 38. p. 246. l. 1. to 5. Macbeth's foliloquy at murdering the King, p. 249. l. 10. to 37. p. 250, 51. entire. p. 252. l. 1. to 20. † His guilty confcience, and fears of Banquo, p. 263. 1. 4. to 22. 23. to 37. p. 264. 1. 1. to 14. His furprife at the fight of Banquo's ghost, p. 266. 1. 21. to 42. p. 267, 8. entire. p. 269. l. 1. to 18. *Shakespear's excellence in thefe 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 fafhion alfo; and that it was not only unpolite, but criminal to doubt it: and, as hath been remarked [by Mr. Samuel Johnson, the celebrated author of the Rambler], " upon this general infatuation, Shakefpear might be easily allowed to found a play, especially since he has followed with great exactness 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 audience thought awful and affecting." Mr. Dodd. The arguments (fays Mr. Johnfon) by which Lady Macbeth perfuades her husband to commit the murder, afford a proof of Shakefpear's knowledge of human nature. She urges the excellence and dignity of courage; a glittering idea which has dazzled mankind 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 alnoft be faid, that they ought to bestow im mortality on the author, though his other productions had been loft. † p. 249. 1. 33. & feqq. "Hear not, O earth, my steps, left thy very ftones fhould prate, fhould tell of where 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 Macbeth's, than fo univerfal a filence, when all nature deeply hushed, muft feem to his guilty mind, as liftening to his purpose, and atending to the act he was about to perform? Mr. Dodd. Witches, Witches, their power, p. 274. 7. 5. to 16. Malcolm's character of himself, p. 282. l. 36. to 41. p. 283. l. 1. to 39. An oppreffed country, p. 285. l. 1. to 10. Macduff on the murder of his wife and children, p. 285. l. 37. to 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. 1. to 10. Defpifed old age, p. 291. l. 13. to 19. Difeafes of the mind incurable, p. 291. l. 36. to 40. p. 292. l. 1. Coriolanus. HE mob, p. 304. 1. 9. to 25. TH An imaginary description of Coriolanus warring, f. 309. l. 29. ́` to 41. p. 310. l. 1. 2. Doing our duty merits not praise, p. 319. l. 13. to 19. Popularity, p. 328. l. 9. 10 26. The mifchief 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 stubborn pride, p. 356. l. 30. to 37-7 His deteftation of the vulgar, p. 361. l. 4. to 17. Precepts against ill fortune, p. 362. l. 2. to 11. On common friendships, p. 367. 1. 6. to 17. Martial friendship, p. 370. l. 23. to 41. p. 371. l. 1. 2. The feafon of folicitation, p. 381. l. 37. to 41. p. 382. l. 1. 2. Obftinate refolution, p. 386. 7. 8. to 23. Relenting tenderness, p. 386. 1. 28. to 40. Chastity, p. 387. l. 14. to 17. Coriolanus's prayer for his fon, p. 387. 1. 22. to 27. His mother's pathetic fpeech to him, p. 388. I. 9. to 20. 25. to 39. Peace after a fiege, p. 392. l. 19. to 24. PA Atriotifm, p. 8. 1. 7. to 12. Caffius's contempt of Cæfar, p. 8. 1. 20. to 39. p. 9. 1. 1. to 39. Cæfar's diflike of Caffius, p. 11. l. 3. to 17. The fpirit of liberty, p. 16. 7. 25. to 36. Ambition covered with fpecious humility, p. 19. l. 11. to 17. * Confpiracy That nice critic, Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus, confeffes, that he could not find thofe great strokes, which he calls the terrible graces, f 3 any. |