The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 11 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

THE OPERA

[426]. ‘The glass of fashion,’ etc. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 1. ‘The fool of the senses.’ Macbeth, Act II. Sc. 1. ‘How happy,’ etc. The Beggar’s Opera, Act II. Sc. 2. [428]. ‘With some sweet,’ etc. Macbeth, Act V. Sc. 3. ‘The cloister’d heart,’ etc. Cf. ante, p. 268 and note. [429]. ‘The flower of Britain’s warriors,’ etc. Southey, Carmen Nuptiale, 16. [430]. A contemporary critic. Hazlitt perhaps refers to Schlegel. See vol. VIII. (A View, etc.) p. 324.