 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1742 - 462 pages
...expofed under the Character of the Duke of Guife and his Party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the Throne, on Account of...Licentioufnefs of the Stage at that Time; for the v-itizens having at that Time, as well as now, a great deal of Property, they had a mind to preferve... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...Guile and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the throne, on the account of his religion. — The city of London too...feel the partial and mercenary licentioufnefs of the ftage at that time ; for the citizens having at that time, as well as now, a great deal of property,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the throne, on the account of his religion.— The city of London too Was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage at that time ; for the citizens having at that time, as well as now, a... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the throne, on the account of his religion. — The city of London too was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage at that time ; for the citizens having at that time, as well as now, a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...exposed under the character of the Duke of Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the throne, on account of...London, too, was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage at that time ; for the citizens having at that time, as well as now, a... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...exposed under the character of the Duke of Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV. of France from the throne on account of...The city of London too was made to feel the partial mercenary licentiousness of the stage at that time; for the citizens having at that time, as well as... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - Actors - 1880 - 532 pages
...the character of the Duke of Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry the Fourth of France from the throne on account of his religion. The city of London was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage at the time, for the citizens... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 582 pages
...and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry the Fourth of France from the throne, on the account of his religion. The city of London, too, was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage at that time ; for the citizens having at that time, as well as now, a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 530 pages
...exposed under the character of the Duke of Guise and his party, who leagued together for excluding Henry IV of France from the throne, on account of his religion.' * Johnson, who had hitherto followed the year in dealing with the plays, now skips five years. He (returns),... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1908 - 662 pages
...it as his own. ttDitto p. 185. *See Speeches, vol. 1. p. 188. fashionable character at court, &c." "The city of London, too, was made to feel the partial and mercenary licentiousness of the stage."§ This is the testimony of Lord Chesterfield, at the very moment he assures... | |
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Throne, on account of his Religion. — The City of London too, was made to feel the partial and mercenary Licentiousness of the Stage at that Time; for the Citizens having at that Time, as well as now, a great Deal of Property, they had a Mind to preserve... 
