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foon deftroyed by the uiiexpefted death of Do£ior Gre- 

 gory, who was cut off in the flower of life, by a fud- 

 den and unforefecn event. After this time, Cullen 

 continued to give lectures on the praftice of phyfic till 

 a few months before his death, as has been already 

 faid. 



To be continued. 



Critical Remarks on the Othello of Shakefpear. 



Of thofe who pofTefs that fuperiority of genius which 

 Enables them to (liinc by their ovi-n ftrength, the num- 

 ber Has been few. When we take a review of man- 

 kind in this refpcft, we behold a dark and extended 

 traft, illuminated with fcattered clufters of ftars, (bed- 

 ding their influence, for the mod part, with an una- 

 vailing luftre. So much, however, are mankind formed 

 to contemplate and admire whatever is great and re- 

 ,fplen(lant, that it cannot be faid that thefe luminaries 

 liave exhibited thcmfclves to the world in vain. Whole 

 nations, as well as individuals, have taken fire at the 

 view of illuftrious merit, and have been ambitious in 

 their turn to diiliuguifli themfelves from the common 

 mafs of mankind. And fince, by the happy invention 

 of printing, we have it in our power to gather thefe 

 fottered rays nito one great body, and converge them 

 to one point, we complain without reafon of not hav- 

 ing light enough to guide us through the vale of life. 

 Among thofe to whom mankind is mod indebted, tlie 

 firft place is perhaps due to Homer and to Shakefpear. 

 Theybothflouri filed in the infancy of fociety, and the po- 

 pular tales of the times were the materials upon which 

 they exerted their genius : they were equally unaffilled 

 by the wTitings of others : The dramatic compofitions 

 with which Shakefpear was acquainted, were as con- 

 temptible as the crude tales which fen'ed as the fou i- 

 dation of Homer's poem. The genius of both poets 



