 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...are mere declamation, and have no foundation in truth or experience : on the contrary, a playhoufe, and the regions about it, are the very hot-beds of vice : how elfe comes it to pafs that no fooner is a playhoufe opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...are mere declamation, and have no foundation in truth or experience } on the contrary, a playhoufe> and the regions about it, are the very hot-beds Of vice : how tlfe comes it to pafs that no fooner is a playhoufe opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - 1810 - 236 pages
...with a testimony and an anecdote : the former shall relate to the stage, and the latter to the actor. Sir John Hawkins, in his life of Johnson, has a remark...is a playhouse opened in any part of the kingdom, fhan it becomes surrounded by a halo of brothels? Of this truth, the neighbourhood of the place I am... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pages
...in truth, but are mere declamation: on the contrary, a playhouse, and the region about it, are the hotbeds of vice- How else comes it to pass, that no sooner is a theatre opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes surrounded by houses of ill Crime? Of this... | |
 | 1787 - 516 pages
...freedom -'of the ftage. But his Worfhip is no friend to the Theatre. " A Playhoufe," he fays, page 76, " and the regions about it are " the very hot-beds of vice : how elfe " comes it to pai's," adds he. " that no " fooner is a playhoufe opened in any part " of tne kingdom,... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827 - 186 pages
...but are mere declamation : on the contrary, a play-house, and the region about it, are the hotbeds ot vice. How else comes it to pass, that no sooner is a threatre opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes surrounded by houses of ill fame ! Of this... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 pages
...also the following testimony of SIR JOHN HAWKINS ; who, in his life of Dr. Johnson, writes thus : ' Although it is said of plays, that they teach morality...that no sooner is a playhouse opened in any part of England, than it becomes surronniled by an HALO OF BROTHELS ! Of this truth, the neighbourhood I am... | |
 | 1836 - 432 pages
...in truth, but are mere declamation : on the contrary, a playhouse, and the region about it, are the hotbeds of vice. How else comes it to pass, that no sooner is a theatre opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes surrounded by houses of ill fame ! Of this... | |
 | 1836 - 436 pages
...truth, but are mere declamation : on the contrary, a playhouse, and the region about it, are the hoibeds of vice. How else comes it to pass, that no sooner is a theatre opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes surrounded by houses of ill fame l Of this... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 pages
...no foundation In truth or experience : on the contrary, a playhouse, and the regions about it, arc the very hot-beds of vice. How else comes it to pass...no sooner is a playhouse opened in any part of the PRACTICAL HINTS TO YOUNG FEMALES. 209 kingdom than it becomes surrounded by a halo of brothels ? Of... | |
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... a Play-house and the regions about it are the very hotbeds of vice. How else comes it to pass, that no sooner is a Play-house opened in any part of the kingdom, than it becomes surrounded by an Halo of Brothels... 
