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The antient and modern stages survey'd, or, Mr. Collier's view of the immorality and profaness of the English stage set in a true light wherein some of Mr. Collier's mistakes are rectified, and the comparative morality of the English stage is asserted upon the parallel.
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Drake, James, 1667-1707.
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themselves_o will_v allow_v but_o that_o it_o have_v always_o be_v esteem_v so_o sacred_a that_o the_o ancient_a poet_n dare_v never_o suffer_v any_o of_o their_o person_n of_o the_o drama_n to_o make_v bold_a with_o it_o i_o deny_v and_o i_o think_v i_o shall_v demonstrate_v the_o contrary_n i_o shall_v confine_v myself_o to_o the_o dramatic_a poet_n sophocles_n and_o only_o observe_v that_o so_o the_o priest_n be_v well_o treat_v it_o be_v no_o matter_n how_o his_o god_n be_v serve_v for_o homer_n be_v caress_v at_o a_o high_a rate_n for_o put_v a_o crown_n upon_o chryses_n head_n though_o he_o use_v the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o the_o god_n like_o scoundrel_n the_o first_o poet_n that_o i_o shall_v produce_v be_v sophocles_n in_o the_o close_a of_o his_o ajax_n the_o chorus_n give_v we_o the_o moral_a of_o the_o play_n in_o these_o word_n experience_n teach_v we_o much_o but_o before_o the_o event_n be_v see_v never_o a_o prophet_n of_o they_o all_o can_v tell_v what_o thing_n will_v come_v to_o x._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d flagellifer_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d this_o be_v a_o plain_a reflection_n upon_o the_o profession_n and_o so_o remarkable_o circumstantiate_v that_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o it_o be_v the_o poet_n real_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o chorus_n and_o make_v the_o moral_a of_o the_o play_n i_o shall_v pass_v by_o the_o reproach_n which_o oedipus_n make_v tiresias_n because_o mr_n collier_n say_v they_o relate_v only_o to_o his_o person_n though_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o defence_n will_v allow_v no_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o man_n and_o the_o priest_n if_o you_o make_v the_o man_n a_o knave_n the_o priest_n must_v suffer_v under_o the_o imputation_n however_o in_o the_o same_o playâ_n jocasta_n say_v she_o will_v not_o give_v a_o rush_n for_o divination_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d tyrannus_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o the_o next_o play_n creon_n among_o other_o reproach_n tell_v tiresias_n that_o they_o be_v all_o a_o pack_n of_o mercenary_a corrupt_a fellow_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d antigone_n we_o have_v not_o room_n to_o multiply_v instance_n so_o far_o as_o we_o may_v but_o these_o may_v suffice_v to_o show_v that_o sophocles_n be_v not_o so_o much_o afraid_a of_o a_o priest_n as_o mr_n collier_n pretend_v euripides_n be_v not_o a_o whit_n more_o tender_a of_o they_o priest_n agamemnon_n call_v the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o they_o a_o vainglorious_a rascally_a race_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d aulid_o achilles_n in_o the_o same_o play_n the_o sobriety_n of_o who_o character_n mr_n collier_n be_v much_o in_o love_n with_o threaten_v calohas_n the_o prophet_n before_o speak_v of_o and_o break_v out_o into_o this_o exclamation_n what_o be_v prophet_n fellow_n that_o by_o guess_v sometime_o tell_v truth_n but_o general_o lie_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ibidem_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d pentheus_n in_o the_o bacchae_n use_n tiresias_n very_o rugged_o he_o charge_v he_o with_o be_v mercenary_a and_o a_o impostor_n with_o seduce_v the_o people_n and_o introduce_v a_o new_a false_a superstitious_a worship_n and_o order_n the_o seat_n from_o whence_o he_o take_v his_o augural_a observation_n to_o be_v pull_v down_o with_o abundance_n of_o other_o menace_n and_o hard_a word_n these_o may_v suffice_v for_o euripides_n at_o this_o time_n seneca_n make_v little_a use_n of_o the_o prophet_n or_o priest_n ãâã_d tiresias_n appear_v twice_o in_o his_o oedipus_n and_o calchas_n once_o only_o to_o deliver_v a_o oracle_n oedipus_n charge_v tiresias_n with_o confederate_v with_o creon_n and_o charge_v a_o false_a crime_n upon_o he_o and_o traitorous_o endeavour_v to_o supplant_v he_o in_o his_o throne_n these_o instance_n sufficient_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o ancient_n be_v not_o afraid_a to_o make_v their_o person_n of_o the_o drama_n speak_v pertinent_o to_o their_o character_n though_o they_o shall_v thereby_o happen_v to_o bear_v hard_o upon_o their_o priest_n nay_o they_o think_v it_o no_o offence_n to_o make_v they_o speak_v thing_n inconsistent_a with_o piety_n and_o the_o religion_n of_o their_o country_n the_o instance_n of_o this_o be_v innumerable_a phââoctetes_n the_o rant_v of_o ajax_n creon_n and_o philoctetes_n in_o sophocles_n be_v extravagant_a this_o tragedian_n afford_v abundance_n but_o to_o make_v a_o collection_n of_o scatter_a expression_n will_v require_v more_o room_n than_o we_o can_v at_o present_a spare_v expression_n however_o euripides_n and_o seneca_n afford_v divers_a so_o very_o remarkable_a that_o i_o can_v pass_v they_o over_o absolute_o without_o notice_n in_o the_o hecuba_n talthybius_n exclaim_v at_o a_o strange_a rate_n upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o turn_n of_o hecuba_n fortune_n o_o jupiter_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v shall_v mankind_n address_v themselves_o to_o you_o or_o have_v we_o be_v cheat_v with_o a_o shame_n story_n of_o god_n and_o providence_n while_o chance_n govern_v all_o thing_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d hecuba_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d polymestor_n be_v much_o such_o another_o sort_n of_o a_o comforter_n he_o cry_v out_o in_o the_o same_o play_n and_o upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n oh_o what_o a_o slippery_a thing_n be_v human_a grandeur_n which_o be_v never_o secure_a the_o god_n perplex_v and_o harrass_a mankind_n that_o our_o ignorance_n may_v support_v their_o altar_n and_o worship_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ibidem_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d electra_n for_o a_o short_a one_o have_v a_o very_a pithy_a ejaculation_n o_o nature_n what_o a_o curse_n be_v thou_o upon_o mortal_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d orestes_n her_o brother_n orestes_n be_v ally_v to_o she_o in_o principle_n as_o near_o as_o in_o blood_n he_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o make_v of_o the_o god_n any_o more_o than_o the_o two_o gentleman_n before_o yet_o he_o serve_v they_o whatever_o they_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ibidem_fw-la all_o that_o he_o know_v of_o they_o be_v that_o they_o be_v natural_o dilatory_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ibidem_fw-la hecuba_n be_v much_o of_o his_o mind_n troade_n she_o think_v the_o god_n but_o bad_a friend_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o cyclops_n tellvlysses_n that_o riches_n be_v the_o wise_a man_n only_a god_n and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o care_v a_o fart_n for_o jupiter_n but_o think_v himself_o as_o great_a a_o god_n as_o he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cyclops_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o the_o jon_n which_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v a_o moral_a play_n creusa_n address_v herself_o direct_o to_o apollo_n jon._n and_o call_v he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d lewd_a whoremaster_n her_o servant_n afterward_o call_v he_o rascal_n and_o advise_v she_o to_o set_v fire_n to_o his_o temple_n with_o such_o flower_n as_o these_o euripides_n abound_v which_o i_o leave_v for_o other_o to_o gather_v seneca_n be_v as_o full_a of_o they_o as_o he_o but_o i_o shall_v refer_v the_o reader_n only_o to_o the_o chorus_n of_o the_o second_o act_n of_o his_o troas_n which_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o chorus_n look_v more_o like_o the_o poet_n be_v own_o opinion_n than_o if_o it_o have_v come_v from_o any_o other_o person_n of_o the_o drama_n post_fw-la mortem_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la troas_n ipsaque_fw-la mors_fw-la nihil_fw-la velocis_fw-la spatij_fw-la meta_fw-la novissima_fw-la spem_fw-la ponant_fw-la avidi_fw-la soliciti_fw-la metum_fw-la quaeris_fw-la quo_fw-la jaceas_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la loco_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la nata_fw-la jacent_fw-la tempus_fw-la nos_fw-la avidum_fw-la devorat_fw-la &_o chaos_n mors_fw-la individua_fw-la est_fw-la noxia_fw-la corpori_fw-la nec_fw-la parcens_fw-la animae_fw-la taenara_n &_o aspero_fw-la regnum_fw-la sub_fw-la domino_fw-la limen_fw-la &_o obsidens_fw-la custos_fw-la non_fw-la facili_fw-la cerberus_n ostio_fw-la rumores_fw-la vacui_fw-la verbaque_fw-la inania_fw-la et_fw-la par_fw-fr solicito_fw-la fabula_fw-la somnio_fw-la which_o be_v thus_o translate_v by_o the_o earl_n of_o rochester_n after_o death_n nothing_o be_v and_o nothing_o death_n the_o utmost_a limit_n of_o a_o gasp_n of_o breath_n let_v the_o ambitious_a zealot_n lie_v aside_o his_o hope_n of_o heaven_n who_o faith_n be_v but_o his_o pride_n let_v slavish_a soul_n lay_v by_o their_o fear_n nor_o be_v concern_v which_o way_n or_o where_o after_o this_o life_n they_o shall_v be_v hurl_v dead_a they_o become_v the_o lumber_n of_o the_o world_n and_o to_o that_o mass_n of_o matter_n shall_v be_v sweep_v where_o thing_n destroy_v with_o thing_n unborn_a be_v keep_v devour_v time_n swallow_v we_o whole_a impartial_a death_n confound_v body_n and_o soul_n for_o hââ_n and_o the_o foul_a fiend_n that_o rule_v the_o
everlasting_a fiery_a goal_n devise_v by_o rogââs_n dread_a by_o fool_n with_o his_o grim_a griezly_a dog_n that_o keep_v the_o door_n be_v senseless_a story_n idle_a tale_n dream_n whimsy_n and_o no_o more_o another_o exception_n charge_n which_o mr_n collier_n make_v to_o the_o stage_n be_v that_o they_o treat_v the_o nobility_n rude_o i_o must_v confess_v it_o be_v no_o compliment_n to_o make_v a_o fool_n of_o a_o lord_n but_o if_o birth_n or_o any_o other_o chance_n shall_v make_v a_o lord_n of_o a_o fool_n i_o suppose_v the_o rest_n of_o that_o noble_a order_n will_v not_o think_v themselves_o accountable_a for_o his_o folly_n or_o abuse_v in_o his_o picture_n shall_v the_o poet_n presume_v to_o make_v such_o a_o one_o the_o representative_a of_o his_o order_n and_o propose_v he_o as_o a_o common_a standard_n by_o which_o the_o endowment_n of_o quality_n in_o general_n be_v to_o be_v measure_v their_o insolence_n will_v deserve_v the_o severe_a chastisement_n that_o can_v be_v give_v or_o shall_v any_o one_o of_o they_o dare_v to_o characterise_v too_o near_o and_o particular_o any_o of_o those_o noble_a person_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o will_v soon_o feel_v the_o weight_n of_o his_o resentment_n and_o smart_v sore_o for_o his_o saucy_a liberty_n but_o while_o the_o poet_n content_v himself_o with_o feign_a person_n and_o copy_n close_o after_o nature_n without_o press_v upon_o she_o in_o her_o private_a recess_n and_o single_v out_o individual_n from_o the_o herd_n if_o any_o man_n of_o what_o quality_n or_o employment_n soever_o fancy_n himself_o concern_v in_o the_o representation_n let_v he_o spoil_v the_o picture_n by_o mend_v the_o original_a for_o he_o only_o be_v to_o be_v blame_v for_o the_o resemblance_n if_o man_n of_o honour_n and_o ability_n can_v entail_v their_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n upon_o their_o posterity_n than_o a_o title_n will_v be_v a_o pretty_a sure_a sign_n of_o personal_a worth_n and_o the_o respect_n and_o reverence_n that_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o founder_n of_o honourable_a family_n ought_v to_o follow_v the_o estate_n and_o the_o heir_n of_o one_o shall_v be_v heir_n of_o tother_o but_o since_o entail_v of_o this_o kind_n be_v of_o all_o kind_n the_o most_o liable_a to_o be_v cut_v off_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_o impossible_a but_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n as_o a_o fop_n of_o quality_n now_o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o i_o that_o because_o the_o person_n be_v great_a and_o elevate_v by_o their_o dignity_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n and_o draw_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o people_n upon_o they_o more_o than_o other_o man_n do_v that_o therefore_o their_o fault_n or_o imperfection_n will_v be_v less_o visible_a or_o less_o take_v notice_n of_o or_o that_o the_o splendour_n of_o their_o figure_n be_v a_o infallible_a antidote_n against_o the_o infection_n of_o their_o example_n unless_o it_o be_v so_o it_o be_v convenient_a that_o some_o reasonable_a expedient_a shall_v be_v allow_v to_o prevent_v the_o mischief_n of_o imitation_n and_o that_o those_o who_o be_v too_o big_a to_o be_v awe_v out_o of_o their_o folly_n may_v be_v shame_v out_o of_o '_o they_o but_o this_o be_v only_o hypothetical_o offer_v mr_n collier_n perhaps_o will_v tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o person_n that_o a_o fool_n of_o quality_n be_v a_o mere_a poetical_a animal_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v rank_v among_o the_o harpy_n hippogryph_n centaur_n and_o chimaera_n of_o antiquity_n if_o he_o prove_v this_o my_o hypothesis_n in_o this_o point_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n otherwise_o i_o think_v it_o may_v stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o any_o thing_n that_o have_v yet_o be_v say_v if_o these_o and_o abundance_n of_o other_o passage_n in_o the_o ancient_a poet_n be_v compare_v with_o those_o which_o mr_n collier_n produce_v out_o of_o the_o modern_n the_o comparative_a rudeness_n and_o profaneness_n of_o the_o latter_a will_v vanish_v but_o he_o presume_v upon_o the_o laziness_n or_o ignorance_n of_o the_o majority_n of_o his_o reader_n and_o do_v not_o expect_v that_o any_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o pain_n to_o confront_v his_o arbitrary_a and_o unfair_a account_n with_o genuine_a quotation_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o have_v compassion_n upon_o the_o reader_n who_o have_v run_v the_o gauntlet_n through_o a_o tedious_a refutation_n in_o which_o if_o his_o satisfaction_n equal_v his_o patience_n the_o author_n think_v his_o pain_n sufficient_o recompense_v finis_fw-la introduction_n the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o modern_a stage_n first_o formal_o commence_v in_o spain_n show_v among_o tbe_n heathen_n of_o religious_a parentage_n the_o drama_n of_o the_o same_o extraction_n tragedy_n &_o comedy_n original_o one_o thing_n when_o first_o distinguish_v the_o stage_n under_o the_o patronage_n of_o bacchus_n paganism_n a_o religion_n contrive_v for_o popularity_n heathen_a religion_n all_o ceremony_n ceremony_n pompa_n populo_fw-la ingrata_fw-la fuit_fw-la quia_fw-la ludis_fw-la mora_fw-la var_fw-mi ro_o de_fw-fr ling._n lat._n lib._n 4._o 4._o non_fw-la igno_fw-la ras_fw-la quam_fw-la sit_fw-la odiosa_fw-la circensibus_fw-la pompa_n idolatry_n of_o the_o stage_n the_o principal_a argument_n of_o the_o father_n against_o it_o heathen_a play_n dangerous_a temptation_n ãâã_d new_a christian_a convert_v zeal_n of_o the_o father_n âgâinst_v they_o not_o uâneâesâary_a view_n p._n 276._o p._n 277._o p._n 1._o p._n 124._o praef._n p._n 257._o disingenâirâ_n of_o mr._n collier_n praef._n idolatry_n the_o main_a objestion_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o ancient_a drama_n drama_n et_fw-la haec_fw-la suntscenico_fw-la râm_fw-la ââerabiliorâ_n ãâã_d do_v rum_o comoediae_fw-la scilicit_fw-la &_o tragoediae_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la fabu_fw-la lae_fw-la poetarum_fw-la agendae_fw-la in_o spectaculis_fw-la multa_fw-la rerturpitudine_fw-la sed_fw-la nulla_fw-la saltem_fw-la sicut_fw-la alia_fw-la multa_fw-la verborum_fw-la obscoenitate_fw-la compositae_fw-la quas_fw-la etiam_fw-la inter_fw-la studia_fw-la quae_fw-la honesta_fw-la &_o liberalia_fw-la vocantur_fw-la pveri_fw-la legere_fw-la discereque_fw-la a_o senibus_fw-la coguntur_fw-la de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o 2._o aug._n conf._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o 16._o didici_fw-la in_o eye_n multa_fw-la verba_fw-la utilia_fw-la se_fw-la det_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la non_fw-la vanis_fw-la disci_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o via_fw-la tuta_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la pveri_fw-la ambularent_fw-la lib._n confess_v 1_o cap._n tv_o mimic_n show_v among_o the_o roman_n scandalousâ_n lewd_a the_o drama_n no_o at_o all_o clemen_n alexândriâus_a cite_v against_o the_o drama_n view_n p._n 260_o nec_fw-la inconcine_fw-la stadia_fw-la &_o theatra_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la câthaedram_n quis_fw-la vocaverit_fw-la paedag_n lib._n 3._o cap._n two_o view_n p._n 277._o the_o father_n sametimes_o over_o rigorous_a sic_fw-la &_o tragaedos_n cothurnis_fw-la extulit_fw-la diabolus_fw-la quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la adjicere_fw-la cubitum_fw-la unum_fw-la ad_fw-la staturam_fw-la svam_fw-la man_n dacem_fw-la face_n re_fw-la vult_fw-la christum_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr spectac_n cap._n 23._o view_n p_o 252._o 252._o ibid._n nec_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la audire_fw-la adulteria_fw-la deorum_fw-la hominumque_fw-la quae_fw-la suavi_fw-la verborum_fw-la modulantur_fw-la mercede_fw-la ad_fw-la autolyc_a lib._n 3._o 3._o theatra_fw-la âunt_fw-la faediora_fw-la quo_fw-la convenis_fw-la verundia_fw-la illic_fw-la omnis_fw-la exuitur_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la amictu_fw-la vestis_fw-la honour_n corporis_fw-la &_o pudor_fw-la ponitur_fw-la denotanda_fw-la ac_fw-la contrectanda_fw-la virginitas_fw-la revelatur_fw-la de_fw-fr habit_n virg._n virg._n nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la insania_fw-la circi_fw-la cum_fw-la impudicitia_fw-la theatri_fw-la cum_fw-la xâsti_fw-la vanitate_fw-la apolog._n adv_o gent._n cap._n 38._o 38._o itaque_fw-la pomperius_fw-la magnus_fw-la solo_fw-la theatro_fw-la minor_fw-la cum_fw-la illam_fw-la arcem_fw-la omnium_fw-la turpitudinum_fw-la extruxisset_fw-la veritus_fw-la quandoque_fw-la memoriae_fw-la suae_fw-la censoriam_fw-la animadverfionem_fw-la veneris_fw-la aedem_fw-la superposuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n short_a of_o the_o case_n caution_n of_o mr_n c-ll-r_a the_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n short_a of_o the_o case_n caution_n of_o mr_n c-ll-r_a plato_n authority_n consider_v xenophon_n xenophon_n ita_fw-la de_fw-la venereis_fw-la etiam_fw-la rebus_fw-la advalde_a juvenes_fw-la verba_fw-la non_fw-la facimus_fw-la ne_fw-la accident_n ad_fw-la vehementem_fw-la in_o eye_n libid_v levitate_fw-la immodice_fw-la huic_fw-la libidini_fw-la suae_fw-la indulgeant_fw-la cyropaed_n lib._n p._n 34_o aristotle_n play_v forbid_v to_o young_a people_n upon_o the_o score_n of_o the_o temptaââns_n from_o the_o company_n company_n adolâscentulos_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o âamborum_fw-la &_o comaediarum_fw-la spectatores_fw-la esse_fw-la lex_fw-la prohibeat_fw-la prius_fw-la quam_fw-la ââtatem_fw-la attigeriât_fw-la ãâã_d qua_fw-la &_o ãâã_d caeteris_fw-la accubarâ_n jam_fw-la ãâã_d rit_n &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vel_fw-la ebrietatis_fw-la vel_fw-la aliarum_fw-la inde_fw-la nascentium_fw-la rerum_fw-la incommodis_fw-la discipâlina_fw-la liberos_fw-la efficiat_a pol._n lib_n 7._o c._n 17._o view_v page_n 234._o view_n p._n 235._o licentiousness_n