[19] There were no plays of any note before Shakspeare.
[20] The custom of that time, for fear of hearing indecencies, otherwise too gross to be supported.
ON TWO PUBLICATIONS,
ENTITLED
EDITIONS OF TWO OF OUR POETS.
When Critic Science first was known,
Somewhere upon the Muse’s ground
The pruning knife of wit was thrown;
Not that which Aristarchus found:
That had a stout and longer blade,
Would at one stroke cut off a limb;