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mere reluctant substitute of his hopes at 
court. But such are the paintings of 
this great artist and jmitator of nature, 
to whom it was given to develope the 
weaknesses of humanity in their most 
secret recesses; and at the same time to 
compel us to pity and sympathise with 
these frailties,instead of indulging a proud 
and unfeeling misanthiopy. 
Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that 
hate thee ; ' 
Corruption wins not more than honesty. 
Ibid. Ib. 
“ Though this be good divinity,” says 
Dr. Warburton, “ and an admirabie 
recept for our condnect in private life, 
yt was never calculated or designed for 
the magistrate, or public minister. Nor 
could this be the direction of a man ex- 
perienced in affairs to his pupil. It 
would make a good Christian, but a very 
zH statesman. The poet wrote ‘*cherish 
those hearts that wait thee, 1. e. thy de- 
pendents,” For a churchman and a 
bishop to insinuate that the duties of the 
statesman and the Christian are incom- 
patible, is somewhat extraordinary. 
Shakespeare, it seems, thought differ- 
ently; at least Wolsey, when he found 
<¢ his heart new opened,” inculcates sen- 
timents far more justand generous, For 
his advice to Cronwell is ** Love thyself 
last,” i.e, make your personal aggran- 
disement your last object. Cherish 
those hearts that hate thee,” i.e. 
instead of returning evil for evil, embrace 
every favourable opportunity of obliging 
and benefiting even your adversaries ; 
“¢ For corruption wins not more’ than 
honesty,” i.e. a conduct so generous 
and honourable will contribute ho less 
to’extend your influence than corrupt 
and sinister practices.” his is true pa- 
litical wisdom ; but the Right Reverend 
commentator seems to have preferred’ 
the Machiavelian policy of a Mazarine to 
the virtues of a D’Amboise or a Sully. 
Act V. Scene ult.—Dr, Johnson ob- 
serves ‘ That the play of Menry VII. 
still keeps possession of the stave by the 
splendour of its pageantry. Yet pomp 
js not the only merit of this play. ‘The 
meek sorrows and virtuous distress of 
Catherine have furnished some scenes 
which may justly be numbered amongst 
the greatest efforts of tragedy: but the 
genius of Shakespeare comes in and goes 
out with Catherine. Every other part 
piay be easily conceived ‘and : easily 
written.” How frigid and inadequate ts 
ghis tribute of applause! Ta no iastauce 
Critical Remarks on Shakespeare. 
{June 1, 
perhaps has this great critic pronounced 
so erroneous a judgment, That the ge- 
nius of Shakespeare, in this admirable 
drama, comes in and goes out with Cas 
therine is indeed a strange assertion. 
And not less extraordinary is the suc- 
ceeding dogma, that “ every other part 
may be ensily conceived and easily 
written.” Does the fate of “ the noble 
ruined Buckingham” excite no sympa- 
thy? Do the dignified distresses of the 
fallen cardinal create less powerful emo- 
tions, or a fainter interest in the breasr, 
than the virtuous sorrows of the queen? 
Are there no nice touches and discrimi- 
nations of character in the portraits of 
the king ? of Cranmer? Cromwell? Gar- 
diner? Surry? &c. Even the subordi- 
nate personagesin this play are sketched 
with a pencil so bold aud masterly, that 
they may well be compared to the un- 
finished drawings of Rembrandt. If the 
pomp of scenery affords attraction suf- 
ficient to ensure lasting success on the 
stage, why does the first part of Henry 
VI. “ that drum and trumpet thing,” he 
unmolested on the shelfr Throughout 
the entire play of Henry VIII, I perceive 
no traces of a different and inferior pen. 
Corioranus.— det IJ. Scene 1: 
Our veiled dames 
Commit the war of white and damask in 
Their nicely gawded cheeks to th’ wanton 
¢poil 
Of Phebus’ burning kisses. 
“ We should read,” says Dr. Ware 
burton, the ware of white and damask, 
i.e. the commodity, the merchandize.” 
*€ Turn what they will to verse, their toil is 
vain ; ) 
Critics like me shall make it prose again.” 
If any authority were necessary to sup» 
port the original reading, we might refer 
to a parallel passage: 
Such war of white and sed within her cheeks! 
Taming of the Shrew, Act IV. 
He rewards 
His deeds with doing them, and is content 
To spend his time to and it. 
Ibid. Scene 2. 
Corivlanus is content to spend his time 
to end it, i.e. he 15 willing to employ 
his whole life in seeking occasions to sa- 
crifice it for his country. We might 
read, if alteration were requisite or al- 
lowable, “So spending time, to .spend 
it. . ’ 
We have power in ourselves to doit, but it 
is a power which we have no power to do. 
Act IT. Scene 3. 
Dr, Warburtou thinks and with great pro- 
babilicy, 
