So mix'd in him that nature might stand up, [Exeunt. "Of this tragedy," says Dr. Johnson, "many particular passages deserve regard, and the contention and reconcilement of Brutus and Cassius is universally celebrated; but I have never been strongly agitated in perusing it, and think it somewhat cold and unaffecting compared with some other of Shakspeare's plays: his adherence to the real story and to Roman manners seems to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius." THE END OF JULIUS CESAR. |