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PC.767.082
27 Apr-4 May 1767:571, 572, 573 (1/15)
[Continuation of "The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage-
Entertainment Fully Demonstrated. In the second column:]
. . . And perhaps Silenus never so publically recommended
lust and impudence in any heathen assembly, as he does here
among Christians. For our stage has made him a fine singer,
that his lewdness may have all the recommendation, which a
merry strong voice can give it.
Silenus.
Tho' envious old age seems in part to impair me,
And make me the sport of the wanton and gay;
Brisk wine shall recruit, as life's winter shall wear me,
And I still have a heart to do what I may.
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Surely no one will think that I carried the charge too high,
when I call'd the play-house the house of the Devil; for if
his fictitious beings, talking his language, and acting such
parts as they, be not a sufficient proof that it is his work
that is here carrying on, it is vain to pretend to prove any
thing. . . [1 column more]
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