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The Theatre.
a kingdom or miſtreſs is loſt. Patience and ſubmiſſion to the will of Heaven, and thoſe virtues which render us uſeful to ſociety, are not brought forward to view; nor can they occaſion thoſe ſurpriſing turns of fortune which moſt delight vulgar minds. The almoſt imperceptible progreſs of the paſſions, which Shakeſpeare has ſo finely delineated, are not ſufficiently obſerved, though the ſtart of the actor is applauded. Few tragedies, I think, will pleaſe a perſon of diſcernment, and their ſenſibility is ſure to be hurt.
Young perſons, who are happily ſituated, do well to enter into ficti-
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