He has so much of detail in the first two acts, that in order to preserve the symmetry, five or six more would be necessary.

Thus conclusions are hurried, when, as works of art, they should be the most elaborated.
He has sometimes been accused of obscurity in expression, which renders some of his passages difficult to be understood by commentators; but this, in most cases, is the fault of his editors.

The cases are exceptional and unimportant.

His anachronisms and historical inaccuracies have already been referred to.

His greatest admirers will allow that his wit and humor are very often forced and frequently out of place; but here, too, he should be leniently judged.