 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1742 - 460 页
...Country, by 1737. laying the Stage under an arbitrary Court-Licence, inftead ^^V*"S^ of leaving it wliat it is, and always ought to be, a gentle Scourge lor...Courtiers, you will • make it a Canal for propagating ar.d conveying their Vice* and Follies through the whole Kingdom. From hence, my Lords, I think, it... | |
 | British Plutarch - 1776 - 350 页
...arbitrary court licence, Lnftead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle fcourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...a canal for propagating and conveying their vices atjd follies through the whole kingdom. From hence, my lords, I think it muft appear, that the bill... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1779 - 490 页
...arbitrary court-licence, iriftead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle fcourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...now before us cannot fo properly be called a bill for reftraining licentioufnefs, as it may be called a bill for reftraining the liberty of the ftage,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1779 - 490 页
...it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle fcourge for the vices of great men and courtici'¿, you will make it a canal for propagating and conveying...their vices and follies through the whole kingdom. Frt¿m hence, my Iord¿, I think it muSt appear, tha¿t the bill now before us cannot fo properly be... | |
 | 1791 - 316 页
...arbitrary court-licence, inftead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle fcourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...now before us cannot fo properly be called a bill for reftraining the licentioufnefs, as it may be called a bill for reftraining the liberty of the ftage,... | |
 | James Thomas Kirkman - 1799 - 510 页
...arbitrary Court Licenfe, iaftead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, —a gentle fcourge for the vices of great men and Courtiers, you will make...it muft appear that the Bill now before us cannot be fo properly a Bill for reftraining Licentioufnefs, as it may be called a Bill for reftraining the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 页
...arbitrary court license, instead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle scourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...the whole kingdom. From hence, my lords, I think it must appear, that the bill now before us cannot so properly be called a bill for restraining licentiousness,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 页
...arbitrary court license, instead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle scourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...the whole kingdom. From hence, my lords, I think it must appear, that the bill now before us cannot so properly be called a bill for restraining licentiousness,... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 页
...arbitrary court -licence, instead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle scourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make...the whole kingdom. From hence, my lords, I think it must appear, that the bill now before us cannot so properly be called a bill for restraining the licentiousness,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - 556 页
...arbitrary courtlicence, instead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle scourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make it a channel for propogating and conveying their vices and follies through the whole kingdom. From hence,... | |
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Court, and from thence spreads through the country, by laying the stage under an arbitrary Court-licence, instead of leaving it what it is, and always ought to be, a gentle scourge for the vices of great men and courtiers, you will make it a canal for... 
