The works of Shakespeare in twelve volumes Volume 12 ; collated with the oldest copies and corrected with notes explanatory and critical

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1772 Excerpt: ...proper here, aud the fame opposition is almost for ever made by the Roman witters. For instance; Cicero, in offic: Cedant ar ma tof1t.. Idem in I'isonem: Sei pod pac's eft irjigne et otii, toga; contra autem arma, tumullut atone helli. Veil. Paterculus de Scipione Æmiiiano; As masterly as he; mere prattle, without practice Is all his soldiership he had th' election; And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds Christian and Heathen (5) mustbe belee'd and calm'd patermsfit Lucii Pauli virtutibus fimillimus, omnibus leHi ac tvg£ ootibus, &c. CasUus Ciceroni: Etetiim tin toa amuium arm:s selicior. Ovid. Metamo. lib. it.--. Cæsar lit uriesua dcul e/7; quamMarte togaqw, Vr&cipu-A'n, &c. Hem in lipist-ex Ponto, li. x. ep. i. Jam mme hxt a me, juvchwn hcUofue togrque Ma xi me. Juvenal, Sat. to. meiiura toga, nocitura petnntar Militia. And in a great number os passages more, that might be quoted. Rut now let me proceed to explain, why I have ventured to substitute counselhrt in the room of cir'suls; and then, I hope, the a'teration will not appear arbitrary. The Venetian nobility, 'tis well known, constitute the great council of the senate, and are a part of the administration, and summoned to assist and counsel the Doge, who is prince of the senate; and, in that regard, has only precedency before the other magistrates. So that, in this respect, they may very properly be called counsellors. Again, when the officer comes from the Duke to Brabantio, in a subsequent scene of this act, he fays; The Duke's in council, and your noble self, I'm sure, is sent for. Arid when Brabantio comes into the senate, the Duke saysto him; We lacked your counsel, and your help to-night. Now Brabantio was a senator, but...