 | Matthew Hale - 1763 - 440 pages
...corrupted by feeing many plays, that he almoft wholly forfook his ftudies. By this he not only lofl much time, but found that his head came to be thereby filled with fuch vain images ofthings, that they were at beft unprofitable, if not hurtful to him ; and being afterwards... | |
 | John Styles - 1806 - 156 pages
...and for sometime at Oxford; but the Stage Players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things ; and being afterwards sensible of the mischief of this,... | |
 | John Styles - 1807 - 216 pages
...and for some time at Oxford; but the Stage Players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things; and being afterwards sensible of the mischief of this,... | |
 | John Styles - 1807 - 216 pages
...and for some time at Oxford; but the Stage Players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things; ami being afterwards sensible of the mischief of this,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 pages
...fanatical principles of his tutor, for the stage-players visting Oxford, says his biographer, he was. so much corrupted by seeing many plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies. " The corruption of a young man's mind in one particular," continues the same writer, " generally draws... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...liy tracing thi'in to the only (contain ut 'benevolence— the heart. They exthereby tilled with much vain images of things, that they were at best unprofitable, if not hurtful to him; and being afterwards sensible of the mischief of this, he resolved upon hi* coming to London, (where he knew the opportunities... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...fanatical principles of his tutor, for the stage-players visiting Oxford, says his biographer , hi- was so much corrupted by seeing many plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies. " The corruption of a young man's mind in one particular," continues the same writer, " generally draws... | |
 | John Styles - 1815 - 254 pages
...and for some time at Oxford; but the stage players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things ; and being afterwards sensible of the mischief of this,... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 552 pages
...time at Oxford ; but the stage-players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing many plays, plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things ;* and being afterwards sensible ot the mischief of this,... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 596 pages
...time at Oxford ; but the stage-players coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing many plays, plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies....he not only lost much time, but found that his head was thereby filled with vain images of things ; * and being afterwards sensible'ot the mischief of... | |
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He was an extraordinary proficient at school, and for some time at Oxford : but the stageplayers coming thither, he was so much corrupted by seeing many plays, that he almost wholly forsook his studies. 
