A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage / Together with the Sense of Antiquity on this Argument

by Jeremy Collier

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A SHORT

VIEW

OF THE

Immorality, and Profaneness

OF THE

English Stage,

TOGETHER

With the Sence of Antiquity
upon this Argument,

By JEREMY COLLIER, M.A.

London, Printed for S. Keble at the Turk's-Head
in Fleetstreet, R. Sare at Gray's-Inn-Gate,
and H. Hindmarsh against the Exchange in
Cornhil. 1698.

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