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" If men of wit, who think fit to write for the stage, instead of this pitiful way of giving delight, would turn their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not... "
The English Metropolis, Or, London in the Year 1820: Containing Satirical ... - Page 290
by John Corry - 1820 - 320 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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A Satirical View of London

John Corry - London (England) - 1809 - 236 pages
...would turn their thoughts upon exciting .such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but a re choaked up by vice and luxury, they would not only...evident, that the representation of immoral dramas must lir injurious to public happiness, while the display of Virtue in her native loveliness would engage...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 37

British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The English Metropolis, Or, London in the Year 1820: Containing Satirical ...

John Corry - London (England) - 1820 - 332 pages
...were- deficient in every respect. Whatever bo the present defects of our theatres, still they furnish the most pleasing and elegant of all amusements to...be injurious to public happiness, while the display of Virtue, in her native loveliness, would engage the admiration, and purify the heart of the spectator....
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but ire choked ard % % h % It ยป man had a. mind to be new in his way of writing, night not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 450 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience, but are choked up by vice and luxury, they would not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...stgage, instead of this pitiful way of giving delight, would turn their thoughts upon raising it from such good natural impulses as are in the audience,...not only please, but befriend us at the same time. If a man had a mind to be new in his way of writing, might not he who is now represented as a fine...
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