| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 604 pages
...guards, had confpired againft him ? He anfwered, I loved you as much as any man, as long as you deferved to be loved, but I began to hate you- when after the murder of your " Voi. III. B b •" i wife and mother, you become a charioteer, a comedian and a buffoon. I am fenfible... | |
| John Styles - 1807 - 216 pages
...Sobrius the tribune, to Nero the Roman emperor ; when asked by the emperor, why he, who was one of his personal guards, had conspired against him ? He answered,...have dignified them with the character of schools or lessons of morality. " But as they have been generally called, and are still called by many writers,... | |
| Henry Gauntlett - 1810 - 236 pages
...asserted. Being asked by the emperor, why he, who was one of his personal guards, had conspired against 15 him, he answered, " I loved you as much as any man,...you became a charioteer, a COMEDIAN, and a buffoon." — Such were the sentiments of the Romans respecting actors. What did the primitive Christians think... | |
| John Witherspoon - 1812 - 214 pages
...Sobrrus, the tribune, to Nero the Roman emperor, when asked by the emperor, why he who was one of his personal guards, had conspired against him? He answered,...when after the murder of your wife and mother, you become a charioteer, a cornmedian and a buffoon. I am sensible that in this reasoning I consider theatrical... | |
| John Styles - 1815 - 254 pages
...tribune, to Nero the Roman emperor*; when asked by the emperor, why he, who was one of hispersonal guards, had conspired against him? He answered, "...have dignified them with the character of schools or lessons of morality. " But as they have been generally called, and are still called by many writers,... | |
| John Styles - 1838 - 224 pages
...Sobrius, the tribune, to Nero, the Roman emperor ;* when asked by the emperor, why he, who was one of his personal guards, had conspired against him ? he answered,...properly speaking, as intended for amusement, I am * Even Nero himself was at last induced to exile all Stage players out of his dominions, assigning... | |
| Thomas Ebenezer Thomas - 1866 - 148 pages
...the true Roman contempt of players — "I loved you as much as any man so long as you deserved love; but I began to hate you when, after the murder of your wife and mother, you became a, circus-rider, a buffoon, a comedian." Theatres were established in England, despite the opposition... | |
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