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EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS. Ch. II.'
dore's crime in his own opinion merited that pu~
nishment ; and justice was satisfied when, he fell
by the hand os the man he had injured : he want-
ed at the same time to punissr his brother sor
breach os faith ; and lie could not puniih more
effectually than by betraying his brother to be his
executioner.
Isdiff erence of aim prevent the union os two > as-
sions, though having the same objeft ; much
more will it prevent their union, when their objects
are allo different : in both cases there is a ssuctua-
tion ; but m the latter the ssudluation is ssower than
in the sormer. A beautiful situation os that kind
is exhibited in the Cm'os Corneille. Don Dicgue,
an olu loldier worn out with age, having received,
a mortal assront srom the Count, sather to Chi-
mene, employs his son Don Rodrigue, Chimene’s
.lover, to demand iatissaction. This situation oc-
casions in the bread os Don Rodrigue a cruel
struggle between rove and honor, one of which
xnust be sacrificed. The sicene is finely conduct-
ed, chiessy by making love in some degree take
part with honor, Don Rodrigue ressecting, that
if he lost his honor he could not deserve his mis-
tress : honor triumphs ; and the Count, provoked
to a Angle combat, falls by the hand of Don Ro-
drigue.
Tins produceth another beautiful situation re-
spe&ing Chimene, which, making part, os the
same story , is placed here, though it properly
dore's crime in his own opinion merited that pu~
nishment ; and justice was satisfied when, he fell
by the hand os the man he had injured : he want-
ed at the same time to punissr his brother sor
breach os faith ; and lie could not puniih more
effectually than by betraying his brother to be his
executioner.
Isdiff erence of aim prevent the union os two > as-
sions, though having the same objeft ; much
more will it prevent their union, when their objects
are allo different : in both cases there is a ssuctua-
tion ; but m the latter the ssudluation is ssower than
in the sormer. A beautiful situation os that kind
is exhibited in the Cm'os Corneille. Don Dicgue,
an olu loldier worn out with age, having received,
a mortal assront srom the Count, sather to Chi-
mene, employs his son Don Rodrigue, Chimene’s
.lover, to demand iatissaction. This situation oc-
casions in the bread os Don Rodrigue a cruel
struggle between rove and honor, one of which
xnust be sacrificed. The sicene is finely conduct-
ed, chiessy by making love in some degree take
part with honor, Don Rodrigue ressecting, that
if he lost his honor he could not deserve his mis-
tress : honor triumphs ; and the Count, provoked
to a Angle combat, falls by the hand of Don Ro-
drigue.
Tins produceth another beautiful situation re-
spe&ing Chimene, which, making part, os the
same story , is placed here, though it properly