 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1742 - 460 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... 
