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Article AN IMPROPRIETY IN THE CHARACTER OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ORIENTAL APOLOGUES. Page 1 of 7 →
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An Impropriety In The Character Of Othello, Moor Of Venice.
Am ! to allow but the truth , there appears such a piquancy of singularity in the circumstance of Othello ' s being represented as a Black , that the public is happily far from being a loser , by a mistake which has been so advantageously repaired by the incomparable genius of a Shakespeare ; he has , on this occasion , done by chance what great musicians sometimes do by choice , run into a discord on purpose to shew the power of their art to retrieve it into harmony . Si non erasset fecerat ille minus , O VID . AN ADMIRER OF SHAKESPEARE .
Oriental Apologues.
ORIENTAL APOLOGUES .
BY WILLIAM BELOE , F . S . A . THE MAN AND THE GENIE . A Certain fellow , who had the character of being very ignorant , had the fortune to be married to a wife extremely ugly in her
person , and of a most wicked and malignant disposition . The poor man ' s patience , after a long series of sufferings , was finally exhausted ; he often wished for her death , but this was to little purpose . He at length one day bethought himself that he would take her to the seashore , and get rid of her at once by throwing her into the ocean . — " Come , my dear , " said he to his wife , " ( et us go together where
our river empties itself into the sea , where we may wash our cloaths . " He took their cloaths upon his back , and together lovingly they went , till they arrived at the beach ; whilst she was employed in wetting the cloaths , he watched his opportunity , and with little ceremony tumbled her into the sea ; having done this , he thought it but prudent to leave that country , and seek his fortune elsewhere . As he was one day on his journey a genie appeared to him , of such
enormous size , that whilst his feet were on earth , his head reached the clouds : the genie stretching out his :. rms , seized the poor fellow by the neck , and asked him what kind of death he chose to die . " Sirrah , " said he , " shall 1 dash you against the rocks , shall I cut you in pieces , or shall I plunge you into fhe ocean . " " Alas , my Lord , " replied the man , " what fault have I committed ? " " What fault ? " said the genie" do you pretend not to know ? " "NoSir "
, , , replied the man , " by your life I do not . " " What , Sir , " answered tire genie , " was it not you that threw that vile devil , that abominable old sow , into the sea ? " did not 3 ^ 0 u pollute the waters of the ocean with her carcase ? did you not compel the spirits of the deep to abandon their habitations on account of her pestilential wickedness ? " " What , " said the man , " and are you too a runaway from
that detestable vixen and beast , my wife ? " " I most undoubtedly have done this , " said the genie . " Is it then , " said the man , "just and right to punish me , when a being like you cannot support her presence ? if you were unable to bear it , how could I ? " " You are in the right , " replied the genie , " I will be your friend , and accompany you in your travels , " Bb 2
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An Impropriety In The Character Of Othello, Moor Of Venice.
Am ! to allow but the truth , there appears such a piquancy of singularity in the circumstance of Othello ' s being represented as a Black , that the public is happily far from being a loser , by a mistake which has been so advantageously repaired by the incomparable genius of a Shakespeare ; he has , on this occasion , done by chance what great musicians sometimes do by choice , run into a discord on purpose to shew the power of their art to retrieve it into harmony . Si non erasset fecerat ille minus , O VID . AN ADMIRER OF SHAKESPEARE .
Oriental Apologues.
ORIENTAL APOLOGUES .
BY WILLIAM BELOE , F . S . A . THE MAN AND THE GENIE . A Certain fellow , who had the character of being very ignorant , had the fortune to be married to a wife extremely ugly in her
person , and of a most wicked and malignant disposition . The poor man ' s patience , after a long series of sufferings , was finally exhausted ; he often wished for her death , but this was to little purpose . He at length one day bethought himself that he would take her to the seashore , and get rid of her at once by throwing her into the ocean . — " Come , my dear , " said he to his wife , " ( et us go together where
our river empties itself into the sea , where we may wash our cloaths . " He took their cloaths upon his back , and together lovingly they went , till they arrived at the beach ; whilst she was employed in wetting the cloaths , he watched his opportunity , and with little ceremony tumbled her into the sea ; having done this , he thought it but prudent to leave that country , and seek his fortune elsewhere . As he was one day on his journey a genie appeared to him , of such
enormous size , that whilst his feet were on earth , his head reached the clouds : the genie stretching out his :. rms , seized the poor fellow by the neck , and asked him what kind of death he chose to die . " Sirrah , " said he , " shall 1 dash you against the rocks , shall I cut you in pieces , or shall I plunge you into fhe ocean . " " Alas , my Lord , " replied the man , " what fault have I committed ? " " What fault ? " said the genie" do you pretend not to know ? " "NoSir "
, , , replied the man , " by your life I do not . " " What , Sir , " answered tire genie , " was it not you that threw that vile devil , that abominable old sow , into the sea ? " did not 3 ^ 0 u pollute the waters of the ocean with her carcase ? did you not compel the spirits of the deep to abandon their habitations on account of her pestilential wickedness ? " " What , " said the man , " and are you too a runaway from
that detestable vixen and beast , my wife ? " " I most undoubtedly have done this , " said the genie . " Is it then , " said the man , "just and right to punish me , when a being like you cannot support her presence ? if you were unable to bear it , how could I ? " " You are in the right , " replied the genie , " I will be your friend , and accompany you in your travels , " Bb 2