Excerpt from Cursory Remarks on Tragedy, on Shakespear, and on Certain French and Italian Poets, Principally Tragedians Yet oh unpardonable temerity the author has_prefumed to be fe vere in his firietures on Sliahefpear, the idol of his countrymen in whdfe praifys 40 many productions have lately appeared, and written too with great ingenuity and platffi bility. S But reafiming is not need farily included in a flow of words, nor is convietion infpired by the mu fic ofa well-turn'd period. And the author cannot admire what he thinks reprehenfible; or join with others in condemning, where approbation feems to him to be more defervedly due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.