[48]. This expression is borrowed from Dr. Johnson. However, as Dr. Johnson is not a German critic, Mr. C. need not be supposed to acknowledge it.
[49]. This was Godwin, who saw Venice Preserved at Norwich. See Kegan Paul, William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries, I. 10.
[50]. She Stoops to Conquer, Act I.
[51]. Twelfth Night, Act I. Sc. 1.
[52]. Cf. Twelfth Night, Act II. Sc. 5.
[53]. The Rivals, Act V. Sc. 3.
[54]. James William Dodd (1740?-1796).
[55]. The Rivals, Act III. Sc. 3.
[56]. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 2.
[57]. By Arthur Murphy (1756).