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The beauties of Shakspeare are not to be measured by any particular rule. They arise from a power of observation, and a command of language, which rarely exist in the same person. His diction is various; sometimes elevated to sublimity, sometimes reduced to the plainness of rustic life. He is singular in his expressions, because he borrows from all ages and all manners; and thus he enlarges the powers of our language.