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Ch. XXl/ DESCRIPTION. 127
beware instinft ; the lion will not touch the true prince.
Injlinli is a great matter-, I was a coward on inssinft.
I lhall think the better of myself, and thee, during
my life; I, sor a valiant lion, and thou, for a true
prince. But, by the Lord, lads, I am glad you have
the money. Hosless, clap to the doors, watch to-
night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts
of gold, all the titles os good fellowship come to you !
What, shall we be merry ? lhall we have a play extem-
pore ?
Firjl part Henry IV. aS 2. Jo. 4.
The sentence I objess to is , inJlinEl is a great mat-
ter, which makes but a poor figure, compared
with the iiveliness of the rest of the speech. It
was one os Homer’s advantages, that he wrote be-
fore general terms were multiplied; the superior
genius of Shakspeare displays itself in avoiding
them after they were multiplied. Addilon de-
scribes the family of Sir Roger de Coverlyin the
following words :
You would take his valet de chambre for his brother,
his butler is gray-headed, his groom is one of the graved
men that I have ever seen, and his coachman has the
looks of a privy counsellor.
SpeSator, N° io§.
The description of the groom is lest; lively than of
the others; plainly.because the expression, being
vague and general, tends not to form" any image.
beware instinft ; the lion will not touch the true prince.
Injlinli is a great matter-, I was a coward on inssinft.
I lhall think the better of myself, and thee, during
my life; I, sor a valiant lion, and thou, for a true
prince. But, by the Lord, lads, I am glad you have
the money. Hosless, clap to the doors, watch to-
night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts
of gold, all the titles os good fellowship come to you !
What, shall we be merry ? lhall we have a play extem-
pore ?
Firjl part Henry IV. aS 2. Jo. 4.
The sentence I objess to is , inJlinEl is a great mat-
ter, which makes but a poor figure, compared
with the iiveliness of the rest of the speech. It
was one os Homer’s advantages, that he wrote be-
fore general terms were multiplied; the superior
genius of Shakspeare displays itself in avoiding
them after they were multiplied. Addilon de-
scribes the family of Sir Roger de Coverlyin the
following words :
You would take his valet de chambre for his brother,
his butler is gray-headed, his groom is one of the graved
men that I have ever seen, and his coachman has the
looks of a privy counsellor.
SpeSator, N° io§.
The description of the groom is lest; lively than of
the others; plainly.because the expression, being
vague and general, tends not to form" any image.