Read it through once

Hamlet's killing _Polonius_, was in Conformity to the Plan _Shakespeare_ built his Play upon; and the Prince behaves himself on that Occasion, as one who seems to have his Thoughts bent on Things of more Importance. I wish the Poet had omitted _Hamlet's_ last Reflection on the Occasion, _viz. This Counsellor, &c._ It has too much Levity in it; and his _tugging_ him away into another Room, is unbecoming the Gravity of the rest of the Scene, and is a Circumstance too much calculated to raise a Laugh, which it always does. We must observe, that _Polonius_ is far from a good Character, and that his Death is absolutely necessary towards the _Denoüement_ of the whole Piece. And our Hero had not put him to Death, had not he thought it to have been the Usurper hid behind the _Arras_; so that upon the Whole, this is no Blemish to his Character.