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inftrument. The happy parent is naturally led to regard Profpero 

 as the author of his joy. All remains of former enmity are 

 effaced ; and left it Ihould ever break out again, their reconcilia- 

 tion is cemented by the union of their children. 



Among Shakefpear's plays it is not eafy to determine which 

 is moft excellent. Perhaps the Tempeji has fewer faults than 

 any other, and as ftriking beauties. There is not one, certainly, 

 in which the poet gives a greater loofe to the vivid powers of 

 his imagination, nor one in which his imagination is more 

 regulated by the ftridefl rules of nature and of art. 



