 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 страници
...difmifling him at laft unpunifhed. It has been even faid, that after the exhibition of the Beggar s Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied....more fpeculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and houfe-breakers feldom frequent the playhoufe, or mingle in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 454 страници
...exhibition of the Beggars Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both thefe dccifions are furely exaggerated. The play, like many others,...more fpeculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and houfe-breakers feldom frequent the playhoufe, or mingle in... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 страници
...tl\e Beg-' &«** gar's Opera, the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both thefe deciiions are furely exaggerated. The play, like many others,...more fpeculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and houfe-breakers feldom frequent the play-houfe, or mingle in... | |
 | John Gay - 1793 - 356 страници
...difmiffing him at laft unpuniihed. It has been even faid, that after the exhibition of the Beggar's Of era the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both...more fpeculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and houfe-breakers feldom frequent the playhoufe, or mingle in... | |
 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 страници
...the BEGGAR'S OPERA, the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good ; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation... | |
 | John Gay - 1799 - 250 страници
...others, was plain ly written only to divert, without any ma ill purpofe, and is therefore not likely ti do good; nor can it be conceived, without more fpeculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and houfe-breakers ieldom frequent the playlioule, or mingle in... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 страници
...the J}ro*ars Ofaa t the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied, Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others was. plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good ; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 страници
...the Beggar's Opera, the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 страници
...The Beggar's Opera, the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, with, out more speculation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 422 страници
...The Beggar's Opera, the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation... | |
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Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both thefe decifions are furely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpofe, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived,... 
