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The greatest proof of the value of Shakspeare is, that he has pleased all degrees of judges, and all kinds of readers. He has been admired by princes and statesmen, who could judge with authority; by men of taste, who could judge with nicety; and by people, who have judged by sensation. There is no play of his in which the most opposite passions are not represented. He has painted nature without any artifice of philosophy; and therefore he is never exhausted by criticism.