 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 str.
...Life of Gay : "The play, like rainy others, was plainly written only to divert, without any mo ral went merry as a marriage-bell ; (6) But hush! hark!...sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII. Did ye not re quires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom frequent the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 str.
...Opera," the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, 'to copy his benevolence to man ?vil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom requent the playhouse, or mingle in any elegant diversion;... | |
 | John Gay - 1849 - 252 str.
...most odious light -" IK- is, a" i""on? thein Dr- Herring, afterwards bcrs were evidently multiplied. ' Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play,...it be conceived, without more speculation than life recpiires or admits, to De productive of much eviL Highwaymen and houseDreakers seldom frequent (he... | |
 | 1853 - 386 str.
...rigid of moralists, has thus said of it : " The Beggar's Opera was written merely to divert and amuse, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely...without more speculation than life requires or admits of, to do much evil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom frequent the theatres, or mingle with any... | |
 | George Hogarth - 1851 - 400 str.
...the two contradictory opinions as to the moral effects of this piece, says.f " Both these opinions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others,...more speculation than life requires or admits, to he productive of much evil. Highwaymen and hou.-ebreakers seldom frequent the playhouse, or mingle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 450 str.
...that, after the exhibition of 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,"witllOUE'"ahy moraT'purpose, and is therefore not likely -tiulo_gopd ; nor can it^be conceived,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1860 - 896 str.
...written the lives as sat in judgment on the whole file of English poets. 'The play,' says Johnson, í was plainly written only to divert^ without any moral...requires or admits, to be productive of much evil.' The Ministers of State, though they appeared frequently at the theatre, could not but take to themselves... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1861 - 840 str.
...to the burlesque drama universally. " The play," he says, " was written only to divert, without imy moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good...conceived, without more speculation than life requires and admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom frequent the playhouse,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1861 - 804 str.
...real truth — a truth which applies to the burlesque drama universally. " The play," he says, " was written only to divert, without any moral purpose,...is therefore not likely to do good ; nor can it be oonceired, without more speculation than life requires and admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen... | |
 | 1873 - 414 str.
...of controversy his opinion that "'J'lif ilfgijiir'i O/irni was written merely to divert and amuse, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good." ((pinions such as I'r. Herring's, however, obtained the most weight, fur it a to the, urchbULop'd dictum... | |
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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,... 
