Preface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson
page 76 of 83 (91%)
page 76 of 83 (91%)
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He that travels too fast is as long before he comes to the end of his journey, as he that travels slow. Precipitation produces mishap. ACT III. SCENE i. (III. i. 2.) The day is hot. It is observed that in Italy almost all assassinations are committed during the heat of summer. ACT III. SCENE iii. (III. i. 183.) Affection makes him false. The charge of falshood on Bentivolio, though produced at hazard, is very just. The authour, who seems to intend the character of Bentiolio as good, meant perhaps to shew, how the best minds, in a state of faction and discord, are detorted to criminal partiality. ACT III. SCENE viii. (III. v. 84.) And, yet, no Man like he doth grieve my heart. Juliet's equivocations are rather too artful for a mind disturbed by the loss of a new lover. ACT IV. SCENE iii. (IV. iii. 2-3.) |
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