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feffufTion of gcntlcnefs and magnanimity. His generous 

 ai'd fcari)ig mind, ab.vays occupied with ideas natural 

 to itfelf, couid not brook, according to his own expref- 

 {ion, to Jludy nil the quaHtks cf hun.c.u deidhigs^ the 

 avtihces of intereft, and the meanpefs of fervile atten-. 

 tions. To a man like lago himfelf, the affected intereft 

 which he takes in the welfare of his maltcr, profound 

 as it was, muft have been very fufpicious -, but to 

 Othello it is the cffetl; of exceeding honeffy ! His en- 

 larged afiliTtions were ufed to diflhfe happinefs in a wide 

 circle, to be pained with mifery, and difpleafed with 

 injuftice, if within his view ; but he did not confider 

 the fmall proportion of mankind that was infpired by 

 fimilar fcntimcnts -, and therefore the parade of lago whs 

 in his eyes unbounded generofity. 



With fo much nature and dignity docs he always 

 aft, that, even when diftorted with angry paifions, he 

 appears amiable. 



JEmiL I would you had never fecn him. 



Def. So would not I ; my love doth fo approve him. 

 That even his ftubbornnefs, his checks and frowns, 

 Have grace and favour in them. 



A character of this kind commands refpe£l: ; and in 

 his aftions we naturally intercd ourfelves. 



lago, \\ho is the prime mover of the events of this 

 tragedy, is a charaftei of no Hmple kind: he po/TelTes un 

 commonfagacityinjudgingof the aftionsof men, good and 

 bad ; he difcerns the merit of CafTio to ly more in the 

 theory than in the praftice of war. Rodorigo he compre- 

 hended completely : the amiable nature cf Befdemona 

 he: was not ignorant of: he often praifcs the free and 

 noble nature of Othello ; the beauty of Caifio's life he 

 felt with much regret ; and he is fenfible of the intrin- 

 iic value of virtue, as well as its ellimation among 

 men : he knew well, that, without virtue, no folid or 

 lading reputation could be acquired j and, without 

 doubt, he undo flood tb.c force cf Caffio's feeling re- 

 fleclioiis on this fubjeft, though he makes an appearance 



