...Persona was all that was needed. Dr JOHNSON, as we all know, went so far as to say that SHAKESPEARE * has not only shown ' human nature as it acts in real...found in ''trials, to which it cannot be exposed.' What need then had SHAKESPEARE to invent plots ? Under his hand all stories were available, but, apparently,...

...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...assigned; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot...

...the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would be probably such as he has assigned; and it may be said, that...cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following...