A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage |
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Jeremy Collier. & alib but in the Play he is only Chevalier , or a Knight , at the best . And in his Play , called , L'Bourgeois Gentil - Homme , a Per- fon of Quality often means no more than P. 15 : 31 . a Gentleman . And to proceed ...
Jeremy Collier. & alib but in the Play he is only Chevalier , or a Knight , at the best . And in his Play , called , L'Bourgeois Gentil - Homme , a Per- fon of Quality often means no more than P. 15 : 31 . a Gentleman . And to proceed ...
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... Play - Houfe may in fome measure account for the Fact . If there are more Self - Murthers and Lunacies in Er- gland than elfewhere , ' tis probably , becaufe there are more bad Plays in England than in a great part of Europe befides : I ...
... Play - Houfe may in fome measure account for the Fact . If there are more Self - Murthers and Lunacies in Er- gland than elfewhere , ' tis probably , becaufe there are more bad Plays in England than in a great part of Europe befides : I ...
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... Play : The Plot , the Fortune , and the Conclu- fion , the greatest part of the Play , and of the Perfons too is on their fide . As for poor Love- lefs he finks in the middle of the Fourth Aft , and you may go look him . Here the ...
... Play : The Plot , the Fortune , and the Conclu- fion , the greatest part of the Play , and of the Perfons too is on their fide . As for poor Love- lefs he finks in the middle of the Fourth Aft , and you may go look him . Here the ...
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