INDEX II. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. A. ACT of Parliament to prevent abuses in Plays, 25, 224. Eschylus, 102. Aldborough, a Play represented there, 151. Amusements, should tend to promote the glory of God, 4. Of the Andrews, Bishop, his opinion of the abuses of the Stage, and of the Angels, invoked in Plays, 25, 127. Represented on the Stage, 27, Anti-Jacobin, Poetry of, 198. Aristophanes, a favourite author with St. Chrysostom, 104. ruption of the Stage in his time, 221. Aristotle, his opinion of the Stage, 107. Cor- Audience, Duties of in a Theatre, 92. Proper interference, 216, 223. Authors, See Writers for the Stage. B. Bacon, Lord, on works of imagination, 220. Bates, Ely, Esq. his Rural Philosophy, quoted, 217, 248. Barrow, Dr. Isaac, his Sermon on Wit, quoted, 46, 63, 65. FF Barrow, Dr. William, his opinion of the Stage, and of players, 118. Bath Guide, 198. Bedford, Arthur, his Serious Remonstrance against the Stage, quoted, Bellerose, the Player, good consequences of his seriousness in speak- Berquin, Monsieur, his Dramas, 115. Bigg, the Painter, his paintings of humble life, 188. Biographia Britannica, quoted, 174. Biographia Dramatica, quoted, 4, 72, 99, 175, 212. Blackmore, Sir Richard, his opinion of the Stage, 105. His Essays, Blackwall's Sacred Classics, quoted, 102. Blair, Hugh, D. D. his opinion of the Stage, 112. Lectures, quoted, Boerhaave, his opinion of wit, 197. Bowdler, Thomas, Esq. Editor of the Family Shakspeare, 222. British Critic, quoted, 215. Budgel, Eustace, his suicide attributed to the principles he imbibed Budworth, Captain, his Ramble to the Lakes, quoted, 189. Bulstrode, Judge, his Charge to the Grand Jury of Middlesex, quoted, 259. Burder, Rev. G. his Village Sermons, quoted, 259. Byrom, his character as a Poet, 217. C. Cambridge Chronicle, quoted, 146. Chamberlain, Lord, his important duties, 83, 222, 261. Yet rarely Cheap Repository Tracts, 183, 189, 190, 238. Chorus, the Greek, origin of it, 9, the use of it, 176. Christian Observer, quoted, 142, 145, 227. Christian Religion, doctrines and duties of it, may be mentioned Ought to appear in the writings of poets, 75, &c. Spoken of profanely, 132-135. 221, 259, 261. The effect Chrysostom, St. his fondness for the writings of Aristophanes, 104. His objections only to the View, 211. Answer to The ancient and modern Stages sur- Colman, George, the younger, 257. See Inkle and Yarico, Battle of Comedy, whether a lawful species of drama, 45, 66. Middle, 221. Congreve, 164, 235, 240, 244, 257. Lord Kaims, 214. Conjurers, exhibited on the Stage, 28. Character of his writings, by Prosecution of one, 145. Courier, Newspaper, quoted, 146, 216, 223, 262. Covent Garden Theatre, hint respecting the Plays on the opening the New Theatre, 224. Cowper, William, his opinion of Dr. Hurdis's Play, 117. His wit, 198. Remarks on ditto, 202. Character of Voltaire, 215. Cursing and Swearing, on the Stage, 25, 30, 148, 155. Palliated by D. Davenant, Sir William, first introduced female performers on the Davis's Life of Garrick, quoted, 97, 173, 210, 227, 229. Deaths improperly represented on the Stage, 35, 172, 173. Properly, 172. Dibdin, Charles, his History of the Stage, quoted, 106, 213, 224, Dodd, Dr. William, his Thoughts in Prison, 136, 143. Doddridge, Dr. his Family Expositor, quoted, 13, 55. Dodsley, R. Commendable instance of amending faults in a play, 216. Donne, Dr. his Satires, 198. Douglas, Mrs. her opinion of the Stage, 113. Drama. See Stage. The most natural mode of imitation, 101. Dramatic Censor, 261. Dress, to be subject to the laws of God, and tend to promote his Dryden, his repentance for his profligate writings, 213. Mentioned, Duelling taught on the Stage, 34. Lesson against it, 166. Dunlop, Rev.-His Sermons, quoted, 207, 234. Durham, (Barrington) Bishop of, interferes respecting the Opera, E. Eating and drinking, to be subject to the laws of God, and tend to Encyclopedia Britannica, quoted, 197, 213. Euripides, 102, his idea of the duties of an author, 221. Eurgara, the meaning of it, 54. F. Fairies, 142. Christian Observer on them, ditto. Jones, 143. Farquhar, 164, 223. Fate, one of the deities of the Stage, 27, 135. Fennel, Mr. his Theatrical Guardian, 261. Fielding, Sir John, requests Garrick not to have the Beggar's Opera performed, 174. Fletcher, Andrew, 109. Fontaine, his repentance for his immoral writings, 213. Foute, Samuel, his wit, 204. Forbes, Sir William, his Life of Dr. Beattie, referred to, 143, 228. Fortune-Tellers, 145. Foster, John, his Essay on Evangelical Religion, being unacceptable G. Gainsborough, the Painter, his paintings of humble life, 188. Gay, his Beggar's Opera, 174, 235. Gellert, Professor, his opinion of the Stage, 113, writes moral plays, Genlis, Madame, her Dramas, 113. Ghosts, or departed Spirits, represented on the Stage, 27, 143, measure, by Ossian, and other Poems, 144. Gilpin, Rev. William, his Exposition of the New Testament, quoted, persons, 187. God, the name of, profanely introduced on the Stage, 26. duced with propriety, 26. Gray's Key to the Old Testament, quoted, 10, 11. Gregory, Dr. his opinion of the Stage, 112. Intro- Griffith, Mrs. her Morality of Shakspeare's Drama Illustrated, 223, H. Hall, Bishop, his Satires, 198. Hamilton, Miss, her Memoirs of Agrippina, 176. Hamond's Precepts, quoted, 200. Handel, Commemoration of, in Westminster Abbey, 185, 186. Hanway, Jonas, his opinion of the Stage, 109, 249. Heathenism, introduced in Plays, 25, 122, 138. and elsewhere, 77, Heaven, represented on the Stage, 27, 144. Henry, Matthew, his Exposition of the Bible, quoted on the subject Herbert, George, his opinion respecting Sermons, 103. Hey, Dr. John, paper on Patronage attributed to him, quoted, 21, |