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Excerpt from Critical and Miscellaneous Essays of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. 3 We admit, as broadly as can be demanded, that the stage has been made, and is capable of being rendered again, as powerful an instrument for evil as for good. In this respect it is like the printing press, or rather like literature itself, which finds employment both for the actor and the printer, a tremendous power, which, as its energies are directed, may contribute to the welfare or to the ruin of a country. So the most efficacious medicines, ignorantly or maliciously administered, become the strongest poisons. But our pur pose in having detained the reader with these preliminary observations is to persuade him of the consequence of the subject, and to serve as introduction to some remarks which we have to od'er on the present state of our theatres, and the improvements which might bring these institutions nearer to the state of perfection of which we have theoreti cally considered the drama as susceptible. In the mean time, we must not alto ether forget the works of which the titles are prefixe to this article. This, to be sure, is a fashion with our costs, from which we do not pretend altogether to exculpate ourselves. If we admit not a fair and impartial division betwixt the reviewers and the reviewed, the neglected authors have a rightto share the impatience of the witty Charles Townsend. When he came to Scotland, after having married a lady Of that nation of the very highest rank, large fortune, and ex tensive connections, the tide of relations, friends, and vas sals, who thronged to welcome the bride, were so negligent Of her husband as to leave him in the hall while they hur ried his lidy forwards into the state apartments, until he checked their haste by exclaiming, for Heaven's sake, gentlemen, consider I am, at lsett, Prince George of Den mark. Messrs. Kelly and Roaden would have the same reason to complain of us, should we altogether forget them in an article which we have decorated with their names. But they must wait at the bottom of the stairs, with gentle patience, for five minutes longer: we will Show them up presently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Pełny tytuł: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Walter Scott
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 424
• EAN: 9780259316718
• ISBN: 0259316717
• ID: 16326687
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 566 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 22 mm
• Data wydania: 15. May 2017

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