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that of personal fear, to what cause are we to attribute the very same sentiment in the mouth of Richard, when he meditates the murder of his nephews, and a marriage with their sister?

K. Rich. I must be married to my brother's daughter,
Or else my kingdom stands on brittle glass:—
Murder her brothers, and then marry her!
Uncertain way of gain! But I am in
So far in blood, that sin will pluck on sin.[1]

In Mr. Cibber's admirable alteration of Shakspeare's King Richard the Third, Richard, smothering the cries of conscience, sternly adds,—

  1. K. Richard, Act iv. Sc. 2.