SHAKESPEAR’S FEMALE CHARACTERS
No. XLIII. of the Round Table series. It is partly reproduced in Characters of Shakespear’s Plays. See especially the essays on Cymbeline and Othello (vol. I. 179 et seq. and 200 et seq. and notes).
[290]. Miss Peggy. See ante, p. 276. [291]. ‘Calls true love,’ etc. Romeo and Juliet, Act III. Sc. 2. [295]. ‘Books, dreams,’ etc. Personal Talk, ll. 33 et seq. Tate. Nahum Tate’s King Lear was brought out in 1681. ‘And her heart beats,’ etc. Troilus and Cressida, Act III. Sc. 2. [296]. ‘Sir, the fairest flowers,’ etc. A Winter’s Tale, Act IV. Sc. 4.
SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES
Three papers appeared in The Examiner for April 6, April 13, and April 20, 1817, under the heading of ‘Sketches of the History of the Good Old Times before the French Revolution, when Kings and Priests did what they pleased, by the grace of God.’ In these essays a French anti-Bourbon book, the title of which is not given, is made the text for a most unflattering review of the characters of a number of kings, from Hugh Capet to Louis XVI. The subject would naturally attract Hazlitt, and indeed it may be said that the essays are almost certainly his. As, however, the internal evidence, though very strong, does not prove his authorship to be absolutely certain, it has been thought better not to include the essays in the present edition.