 Through the whole Piece you may observe such a similitude of Manners in high and low Life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable Vices) the fine Gentlemen imitate the Gentlemen of the Road, or the Gentlemen of the Road the fine...  A Short History of the English People - Page 1669edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | John Gay - Ballad operas - 1728 - 102 pages
...Manners in high and low Life, that it is difficult to determine Whether (in the f^iliionable Vices) the fine Gentlemen imitate the Gentlemen of the Road,...or the Gentlemen of the Road the fine Gentlemen.— Had the Play remain'd, as I at fir(t intended, it would have carried a moft excellent Moral. 'Twould... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1770 - 372 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fafttionable vice*) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. Had the play remain'd as I at firft intended, it would have carried a- moft excellent moral : 'twould... | |
 | John Gay - 1772 - 346 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fafiiionable vices}' the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen.,— Had the play remain'd as I at firft intended, it would have carried a moft excellent moral : 'twould... | |
 | John Gay - English drama - 1772 - 386 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fafhionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen..— Had the play remain'd as I at firft intended, it would have carried a moft excellent moral : 'twould... | |
 | English drama - 1777 - 380 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fafliionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. Had the play remained as I at firft intended, it would have carried a moil excellent moral ; 'twould... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1777 - 374 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the faihionable vices-) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. Had the play remained as I at firft intended, it would have carried a molt excellent moral ; 'twould... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1780 - 340 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difiicult to determine whether (in the falhionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the line gentlemen. Had the Play remained as I at iirlt intended it would have carried a moft excellent... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether, in the fashionable vices, the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. Had the Play remained as I at first intended, it would have carried a most excellent moral ; 'twould... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 630 pages
...manners in hi^h and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether, in the fashionable vices, the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. Had the play remained as Г at first intended, it would have carried a most excellent moral ; 'twould... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 696 pages
...manners m high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whéthér, in the fashionable vices, the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen. I « naire, quand même elle ne serait jamais allée à « la cour ni dans une assemblée. . . Comment... | |
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