A Parallel of Shakespeare And Scott Being the Substance of Three Lectures On T
A Parallel of Shakespeare And Scott Being the Substance of Three Lectures On T
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There was, in his day, no well-ordered vindication of popular rights ; and the state of society was such as precluded the existence of a people distinct from the aristocracy on one hand and the mob on the other. There was no " public " in his day ; and the words prince and people meant no other than despotism on the one hand (sometimes kind and paternal, and sometimes otherwise) and servile submis- sion on the other. I can hardly make an exception in favour of his dignified merchants and noble ...citizens, they belong to the aristocracy of wealth, and share the exclusiveness of rank. In the word prince may be in- cluded the feudal lords and their immediate dependents, the rest are a headlong race of rude mechanicals or savage boors, on whom it is not wonderful that Shak- speare should pour all the force of his ridicule and vitu- peration. Even the lowest of all virtues, mere animal 22 courage, is hardly allowed them ; and although he incul- cates a tender and merciful regard to their safety and comfort, it is not so much on account of their own merits as for the maintenance of the dignity of their masters : as Hamlet says, " Use them Not according to their deserts, But as best befits your worth and dignity.
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There was, in his day, no well-ordered vindication of popular rights ; and the state of society was such as precluded the existence of a people distinct from the aristocracy on one hand and the mob on the other. There was no " public " in his day ; and the words prince and people meant no other than despotism on the one hand (sometimes kind and paternal, and sometimes otherwise) and servile submis- sion on the other. I can hardly make an exception in favour of his dignified merchants and noble ...citizens, they belong to the aristocracy of wealth, and share the exclusiveness of rank. In the word prince may be in- cluded the feudal lords and their immediate dependents, the rest are a headlong race of rude mechanicals or savage boors, on whom it is not wonderful that Shak- speare should pour all the force of his ridicule and vitu- peration. Even the lowest of all virtues, mere animal 22 courage, is hardly allowed them ; and although he incul- cates a tender and merciful regard to their safety and comfort, it is not so much on account of their own merits as for the maintenance of the dignity of their masters : as Hamlet says, " Use them Not according to their deserts, But as best befits your worth and dignity.
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