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Excerpt from A Supplement to the Plays of William Shakspeare, Comprising the Seven Dramas Which Have Been Ascribed to His Pen, but Which Are Not Included With His Writings in Modern Editions: Namely: The Two Noble Kinsmen, the London Prodigal, Thomas Lord Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle, the Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street, the Yorkshire Tragedy, the Tragedy of Locrine
In the recognition of this opinion, the literary student has a leading interest, since he is naturally curious to see in what manner his predecessor has worked - from what small be ginnings, against what obstructions, and with what inferior tools. It is important, indeed, that he should see where, and how frequently, the great master has faltered, or has fallen, in his experiments. The very inequalities of the exemplar commend him somewhat more to our sympathies, as they tend to bring him within the laws of a humanity which is noto riously imperfect. We are pleased to see how much was toil and trouble - how much was care and anxiety-how much was industry and perseverance - how much was in mortal powers, in the secret of his successes to discover that it was not all Genius - all inspira tion - all the fruit of a special gift of Heaven, to a chosen individual, which no follower may hope to share. _we are pleased to see how, feebly, step by step, he has continued to struggle, onward and upward, until, from awkwardness, he arrives at grace; from weak ness, he has grown to strength; from a crude infancy, he has risen into absolute majesty and manhood. Those inequalities which declare the transition periods in the progress of the mind, and show the natural but laborious advance of the thinking faculties, from senti ment to idea, and from idea to design and structure, are particularly grateful to the student, who, delighting in the excellences of a favorite author, acquires a personal and familiar ih terest in him, when thus permitted to follow him into his workshop to trace his gradual.
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