Shakspeare, sir, is not one to flinch from the utmost severity of a Case.
NORTH.
Not he, indeed—therefore I swear Othello is a Blackamoor.
TALBOYS.
And I take it, sir, that Othello's natural demeanour is one of great gravity, to which the passionate moods induced are in extremity of contrast. I conceive that, by these mixtures and contrasts, he is rendered picturesque and poetical.
NORTH.
I swear Othello was a Blackamoor—and that Desdemona was the Whitest Lady in Europe.
TALBOYS.
Had he lived to be tried for murder, I think his counsel might have successfully set up the plea of insanity.