 ... that esteem which is due to it. If the English stage were under the same regulations the Athenian was formerly, it would have the same effect that had, in recommending the religion, the government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2161811Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subjeet to proper inspeetions and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant...lewdness of our theatre should be so much complained of, 400 SPECTATOR. [No. 446. and so little redressed. It is to be hoped, that some time or other we may... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subject to proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant...lewdness of our theatre should be so much complained of, 400 SPECTATOR. [No. 446. and so little redressed. It is to be hoped, that some time or other we may... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subject to proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant...lewdness of our theatre should be so much complained of, and BO little redressed. It is to be hoped, that some time or other we may be at leisure to restrain... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 1090 pages
...government, and public worship of ita country. Were our plays subject to proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant...lewdness of our theatre should be so much complained of, and so little redressed. It is to be hoped, that some time or other we may be at leisure to restrain... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subject fo proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant hours in the highest entertainments ; hut should always rise from them wiser and better than we set down to them. It is one of the most... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - Juvenile delinquency - 1858 - 478 pages
...limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant hours in the highest entertainment, but should always rise from them wiser and better than we sat down to them."* Since Addison's time, however, rapid advances have been made in this direction. Nor are the abandoned... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - Juvenile delinquency - 1858 - 490 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subject to proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant hours in the highest entertainment, but should always rise from them wiser and better than we sat down to them."* Since... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 pages
...government, and public worship of its country. Were our plays subject to proper inspections and limitations, we might not only pass away several of our vacant...from them wiser and better than we sat down to them. and so little redressed. It is to be hoped, that some time or other we may be at leisure to restrain... | |
 | William Forsyth - England - 1871 - 388 pages
...without a blush the language of the stables and the stews. "It is/' says the 'Spectator' (AD 1712), " one of the most unaccountable things in our age, that the lewdness of our theatres should be so much complained of, so well exposed and so little redressed .... As matters stand... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 372 pages
...without a blush the language of the stables and the stews. "It is," says the 'Spectator' (AD 1712), " one of the most unaccountable things in our age, that the lewdness of our theatres should be so much complained of, so well exposed, and so little redressed .... As matters... | |
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