| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1786 - 380 pages
...jefts, it is not to be wojndered at, if an author, emulous of applaufe, mould fall in with the wifhes of the theatre, unbecoming as they were : Let me add...in further palliation of this fault, that he never puts obfcenity but in the mouths of obfcene chara&ers, and fo applies it as to give his hearers a difguft... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 332 pages
...; but with the example of the poet Crasinus before his eyes, who was driven from the stage bi'cause he scrupled to amuse the public ear with tawdry jests,...in further palliation of this fault, that he never puts obscenity but in the mouths of obscene characters, and so supplies it as to give his hearers a... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 534 pages
...him of gratifying the public at the cxpence of decency ; but with the example of the poet Crasinus before his eyes, who was driven from the stage because he scrupled to amuse the public car with tawdry jests, it is not to be wondered at, if an author, emulous of applause, should fall... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 534 pages
...him of gratifying the public at the expence of decency ; but with the example of the poet Crasinus before his eyes, who was driven from the stage because he scrupled to amuse the public car with tawdry jests, it is not to be wondered at, if an author, emulous of applause, should fall... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1822 - 374 pages
...him of gratifying the public at the expense of decency ; but with the example of the poet Crasinus before his eyes, who was driven from the stage because...of applause, should fall in with the wishes of the theatie, unbecoming as they were : let me add, in farther palliation of this fault, that he never puts... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 754 pages
...great share of the blame rests with the spectators : a dramatic poet cannot model his audience, but in a certain degree must of necessity conform to their...in further palliation of this fault, that he never puts obscenity but in the mouths of obscene characters, and so applies it as to give his hearers a... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 316 pages
...upon him of gratifying the public at the expense of decency; but with the example of the poet Crasinus before his eyes, who was driven from the stage because...the theatre, unbecoming as they were: let me add, in farther palliation of this fault, that he never puts obscenity but in the mouths of obscene characters,... | |
| American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...before his eyes, who was driven fom the stage because he scrupled to amuse the public ear with bawdy jests, it is not to be wondered at if an author, emulous...the wishes of the theatre, unbecoming as they were." When even a Eulogist of easy principles is thus forced to confess, and lamely palliate, his favorite... | |
| Edward Walford - Greek drama - 1856 - 326 pages
...him of gratifying the public at the expense of decency ; but with the example of the poet Cratinns before his eyes, who was driven from the stage because...the wishes of the theatre, unbecoming as they were. His wit is of various kinds : much is of a general and permanent stamp ; much is local, personal, and... | |
| Abraham Mills - Greek literature - 1858 - 498 pages
...gratifying the public at the expense of decency ; but with the example of the poet Cratinus before him, who was driven from the stage because he scrupled...ear with tawdry jests, it is not to be wondered at, that an author, emulous of applause, should have fallen in with the wishes of the theatre, unbecoming... | |
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