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. 18. 'A Plague choak you,
Pag. 21. 'A smart Jade by Heaven. Pag. 33. 'Now the Devil take him &c. Pag. 37. 'A Plague on my Master. Pag. 44. 'The Devil take me, &c. Pag. 47. 'I pity him, and yet a Pox on him too. Pag. 51. 'That dear damn'd Virtue of hers tempts me strangely. Pag. 54. 'The Devil take me, &c. Pag. 64. 'By Heaven. It must be again remembred, that the detestable lewd Expressions contained in the abovementioned Plays, which seem to be the most pernicious part of our Comedies, are not here recited, least they should debauch the Minds and corrupt the Manners of the Reader, and do the same Mischief, in some degree, as they do in the greatest when used upon the Stage, tho' mentioned with never so great Indignation. And it must be likewise taken notice of, that these Instances of the prophane Language of Plays, which the good Christian will read with Horror, would not have been put together, and laid before the World, had not the Incorrigibleness of the Players made it necessary for the Ends abovementioned. |
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