A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage |
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... lewd Talking , is another part of Vice which ought not to appear in Comedy . Ariftotle blames the Old Comedians for this fort of Mifmanage ment ; and adds , that intemperate Rallying ought to lie under publick Reftraint . And View , & c ...
... lewd Talking , is another part of Vice which ought not to appear in Comedy . Ariftotle blames the Old Comedians for this fort of Mifmanage ment ; and adds , that intemperate Rallying ought to lie under publick Reftraint . And View , & c ...
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... Lewd , but not Little . Here Mr. Congreve is extreamly diverting . The BUT ( fays he ) is coming again . I had a Amend . glimpse of him just now . Beft of all ; ' Tis more P. 74 . than he has of himself , fometimes . Lewd but not Little ...
... Lewd , but not Little . Here Mr. Congreve is extreamly diverting . The BUT ( fays he ) is coming again . I had a Amend . glimpse of him just now . Beft of all ; ' Tis more P. 74 . than he has of himself , fometimes . Lewd but not Little ...
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... Lewd Affiftance , his Gratitude is wonderfully rais'd , and Devout . Thon Angel Vind.p 22 of Light , let me fall down and adore thee . He View , & c . Jays , if I had quoted her Answer , 1 had given a better Character of him ; and he ...
... Lewd Affiftance , his Gratitude is wonderfully rais'd , and Devout . Thon Angel Vind.p 22 of Light , let me fall down and adore thee . He View , & c . Jays , if I had quoted her Answer , 1 had given a better Character of him ; and he ...
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