Richmond's prayer, p. 261. l. 19. to 28. Richard ftarting out of his dream, p. 263. l. ult. p. 264. l. 1. to 5. Confcience, p. 267. 1. 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. 10 6. The Life of Henry VIII. Anger, p. 277. 1. 5. to 8. Action to be carried on with refolution, p. 282. l. 11. 10 27. New cuftoms, 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 trufted by great men, p. 296. 1. 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. 395. l. 36. to 41. p. 306. 1. 1. to 21. Her speech to Cardinal Wolfey, p. 308. l. 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. 1. 25. 26. 27. Horror, its outward effects, p. 320. 1. 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. 341 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. l. 31. to 40. p. 336. 1. 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. 1. 2. to 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 my Lord, Prefs not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue. p. 327. l. 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 Jue, even fo the race Of Shakespear's mind and manners brightly fines 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 fuficiently admired; no expreffions could The Life and Death of King Lear. N alienated child, p. 6. 1. 30. to 41. p. 7. l. 1. 15. to 29. * Aftrology ridiculed, p. 15. l. 21. to 36. A defcription of Bedlam beggars, p. 37. 1. 24. to 29. p. 38. l. 1. to 15. The faults of infirmity pardonable, p. 41. l. 8. to 16. Unkindness, p. 42. l. 1. 2. Offences mistaken, p. 43. l. 35. 36. Rifing paffion, p. 44. 1. 22. to 33. The neceffaries 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. to 12. Wilful men, p. 46. l. 35. 36. 37. A defcription of Lear's distress amidst the storm, p. 47. 1. 11. to 23His paffionate exclamations amidst the tempeft, p. 48. l. 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. 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 princefs gains from thence. The bleffings of Solomon's reign are fet forth in the first of Kings, chap. iv.; where particularly 'tis faid, "Every man dwelt fafely under his vine :" and fo in the Prophet Micah," They fhall fit every man under his vine, and under his figtree; and none fhall make them afraid for all people will walk cvery one in the name of his god, &c." See chap. iv. verfe 4. 5. * 1. 25. & feqq. How much thefe lines are in character, may be feen by that monftrous wish 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 forme blanditiam ac elegantiam, robuftas corporis vires, mentemque innubilam confequutus fuiffem. At qu'a conjugatorum fum foboles, his orbatus fuum 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 such a subject. Mr. Warburton. -But if, (fays Mr. Dodd), fuppofing Vanini had wrote first, we fhould 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. 1. 9. to 17. A defcription of Lear distracted, p. 71. l. 16. to z1. A description 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 gross flatterers of princes, p. 76. l. 12. to 21. On the abuse of power, p. 77. 1. 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 prisoners, p. 87. 1. 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. 92. 1. 10. to 42. p. 93. l. x. to 6. Timon of Athens. Ainting, p. 102. 1. 25. to 29. PA The pleasure of doing good, p. 108. l. 29. to 38. A faithful steward, p. 119. l. 12. to 18. The ingratitude of Timon's friends, p. 220. l. 28. to 40. p. 121. l. I. to 5. Against duelling, p. 131. l. 7. to 16. Timon's execrations on the Athenians, p. 136. 1. 35. to 38. p. 137. 1. 1. to 29. A friend forfaken, p. 138. l. 8. to 15. On gold, p. 140. l. 1. to 22. Timon's fpeech to Alcibiades, p. 142. l. 17. to 38. His fpeech to the courtezans, p. 143. l. 22. to 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. 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 30. M Titus Andronicus. I. 2. Ercy, p. 167. l. ult. p. 168. l. Thanks, p. 170. l. 25. 26. An invitation to love, p. 182. l. 31. to 38. p. 183. l. 1. to 19. A dark and melancholy vale defcribed, p. 184. l. 36. 10 41. p. 185. 1. 1. to 6. A ring in a dark pit, p. 188. l. 15. to 19. A young lady playing on the lute, and finging, p. 191. l. 24. 10 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. 7. 28. Tears 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. 142. 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. l. 4. to 22. 23. to 37. p. 264. l. 1. to 14. His furprife at the fight of Banquo's ghost, p. 266. l. 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 fince 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 diftinguifhing true from falfe fortitude, in a line and a half; of which it may almost be faid, that they ought to beftow immortality on the author, though his other productions had been lost. † p. 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 present 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 hufhed, maft feem to his guilty mind, as liftening to his purpofe, and atending to the act he was about to perform? Mr. Dodd. Witches, Witches, their power, p. 274. l. 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. Reflections on life, p. 293. l. 32. to 38. p. 294. l. 1. 2. 3. Goriolanus. HE mob, p. 304. 1. 9. to 25. TH 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. 348. l. 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. l. 30. to 37. His deteftation of the vulgar, p. 361. l. 4. to 17. Precepts against ill fortune, p. 362. 1. 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. 3. Obftinate resolution, p. 386. l. 8. to 23. Relenting tenderness, p. 386. l. 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. l. 9. to 20. 25. to 39. Peace after a fiege, p. 392. l. 19. to 24. Atriotifm, p. 8. l. 7. to 12. Caffius's contempt of Cæfar, p. 8. 1. 20. to 39. p. 9. l. x. to 39. Cæfar's diflike of Caffius, p. 11. l. 3. to 17. The spirit of liberty, p. 16. l. 25. to 36. Ambition covered with specious humility, p. 19. l. 11. to 17. 25. * Confpiracy That nice critic, Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus, confeffes, that he could not find thofe great ftrokes, which he calls the terrible graces, VOL. I. any |