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Nothing can be more conformable to Reason, than that the Beginning of all Dramatick Performances (and indeed of every other kind of Poesie) should be with the greatest Simplicity, that so our Passions maybe work'd upon by Degrees. This Rule is very happily observ'd in this Pla...
Nothing can be more conformable to Reason, than that the Beginning of all Dramatick Performances (and indeed of every other kind of Poesie) should be with the greatest Simplicit...
4. Chapter 4The Scene of the Grave-Diggers. (p. 344.) I know is much applauded, but in my humble Opinion, is very unbecoming such a Piece as this, and is only pardonable as it gives Rise to...
3. Chapter 3The Poet here is greatly to be commended for his Conduct. As consummate a Villain as this King of _Denmark_ is represented to be, yet we find him stung with the deepest Remorse,...
2. Chapter 2_Polonius's_ Discourse to _Reynoldo_ is of a good moral Tenour, and thus far it is useful to the Audience. His forgetting what he was saying, (p. 260) as is usual with old Men,...