Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) by Anonymous
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Pag. 33. '_Leonora_'s Charms turn Vice to Virtue, Treason into Truth; Nature, who has made her the Supream Object of our Desires must needs have design'd her the Regulator of our Morals. 'There he goes I'faith; he seem'd as if he had a Qualm just now; but he never goes without a Dram of Conscience-water about him to set Matters right again. Pag. 43. 'Speak, or by all the Flame and Fire of Hell eternal; speak, or thou art dead. _In the 'Inconstant', or the 'Way to Win him. 1702'._ Pag. 10. 'My Blessing! Damn ye, you young Rogue. Pag. 20. 'What do you pray for? Why, for a Husband; that is, you implore Providence to assist you in the just and pious Design of making the wisest of his Creatures a Fool, and the Head of the Creation a Slave. Pag. 43. 'But don't you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face to the Service of Religion? 'Not half so much as devoting them to a pretty Fellow. If our Femality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither? Let's dedicate our beautiful Minds to the Service of Heaven: And for our handsom Persons, they become a Box at the Play, as well as a Pew in the Church. |
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