A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage |
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... seems deftroys the Relation , and makes the Action perfect- ly foreign . And by this Reasoning one would think my Book had never been cited by Mr. Congreve . To illuftrate the Matter a little far- ther . Suppose the most folemn Acts of ...
... seems deftroys the Relation , and makes the Action perfect- ly foreign . And by this Reasoning one would think my Book had never been cited by Mr. Congreve . To illuftrate the Matter a little far- ther . Suppose the most folemn Acts of ...
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... seems to have mistaken his Element . However , I ask his Pardon for Tranfcribing an s , for and f , and expect he should ask mine ; for putting Superftition upon me , and commenting upon his own Blunder , when ' twas Printed Suppofition ...
... seems to have mistaken his Element . However , I ask his Pardon for Tranfcribing an s , for and f , and expect he should ask mine ; for putting Superftition upon me , and commenting upon his own Blunder , when ' twas Printed Suppofition ...
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... seems without appearing Vitious , nor deal clearly without Impudence , nor be Honeft without playing the Whore ! But over and above the Poets Courtship ; these are Powerful Mo- tives to Modefty ! What Woman would not be in Love with it ...
... seems without appearing Vitious , nor deal clearly without Impudence , nor be Honeft without playing the Whore ! But over and above the Poets Courtship ; these are Powerful Mo- tives to Modefty ! What Woman would not be in Love with it ...
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