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in the attainment of an objed which has once engaged our de« 

 fires, have been ever found to encreafe the ardour of purfuit. 

 Befidcs, the roughnefs of his demeanour and his apparent cruelty 

 tend to fet the tendernefs and gentle fympathy of his daughter 

 in a more engaging light; fo that we can fcarcely wonder at 

 the fuddennefs of Ferdinand's attachment. Yet let the advocates 

 for firft-fight impreflions obfcrve, that Shakejpear fuppofed all thefe 

 concurring circumftances infufficient, and has called in fuper~ 

 natural influence to efFed what they think may be fufficiently 

 accounted for by their " Je ne Jcai quos" — that yohn-a-Stiles of 

 modern novel-writing. 



Warburton's remarks on the remainder of this fcene fuper- 

 cede the necefTity of any farther criticifms. I fhall therefore con- 

 clude, after obferving, in general, with what peculiar art the 

 cataflrophe of this piece is conduded. In order to the recovery 

 of Profpero's dukedom, Alonzo was to be impreffed with remorfe 

 for having been the author of his depofition. For this purpofe 

 he is vifited with accumulated misfortune. And left the voice 

 of that ftern monitor fhould be incffedlual, the agency of 

 Ariel is employed to fet his guilt before him in the ftrongeft: 

 colours ; 'till at length he fees and trembles at the charaders 

 of divine vengeance. The billows, the winds, the thunder, 

 found in his ears " the name of Projpero ■" and he is ftung to 

 frenzy by the refledion that, for his father's trefpafs, Ferdinand 

 is " bedded in the ooze." When his diftradion is now at the 

 height, the charm diflblves. The king's afflidion for the lofs 

 of his fon is changed to tranfport for his recovery. Tranfport, 

 fuch as his, kindles all the ardour of affedion for the moftdiftant 



inftrument. 



