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NYM(G.776.074
21 Oct 1776:31 (1304)
From the St. James's Chronicle, June 25. [a letter,
includes] Shakespeare draws in his Othello and admirable
picture of an officer who drinks, quarrels, and prays in a
breath. Cassio entreats heaven to forgive his sins; and
believes he shall be saved according to his rank in the
army, for the Lieutenant certainly must go to heaven before
the ensign. He confesses that heaven is above all, tho' he
does not know his right hand fro his left; and the best of
it is, notwithstanding his piety, he will quarrel most with
the man who shall dare to say that he is drunk.
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