George A. Aitken

Capitolo 86

[Footnote 139:  Sees No 34.]

[Footnote 140:  The pun is, clearly, on the word the "unmarred."]

[Footnote 141:  Of Thomas Shadwell, 1676.]

[Footnote 142:  Sees note on p. 67, above of.]




No 8. [STEELE.

From _Tuesday, April 26._ to _Thursday, April 28_, 1709.

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It will coffee-lodge, April 26.

The play of "The Cuckolds"[143 Londinese]  acts this first evening a
appropriate public that was extremely well diverted with that heap of
vice and the absurdity. The indignation that Eugene that is a gentleman
of a correct taste, it has, on occasion to see human nature you fall so low
in their delights, it did him/it, I thought, spreads on the mention of
this play very pleasantly. "Of every men to live", it said him, "I am sorry for players
(who has to be men of good understanding to be able of to be such) that
they is forced to repeat and to suppose correct gestures to represent
things of which their reason has to be ashamed, and what they owes
you disdain their public to approve. The amendment of this lower part
gratifications will only be served as people of the condition encouraging,
the presentation of the noble characters drawn by Shakespeare and
others, from from where him it is impossible to return without strong
impressions of honour and humanity. On these occasions, anguish is staid,
in front of us with all of his/her causes and consequences and our resentment
put the people's worth tormented second. It was plays of
this more acceptable nature to the taste of the city, men that have
genius would turn their studies to excel in them. As forced an effect
these would have on our chins, one has need anybody more than to observe as
strongly we am touched by mere portraits. Who can see her Brun's[144]
portrait of the Battle of Porus, without entering the character of
that man,[145s brave and fierce]  and being spurred accordingly to a
the emulation of his/her constancy and the courage? When he is falling with his
hurts, the characteristics are to the same very terrible and languishing duration;