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Show SR by the Stage would have Charged the Penance a little more. But I have nothing farthe with the Mock-Aftrologer And now for the Conclufion of a Chapter, 1 fhal giv fom Inftances o Manners of the Stage, and that wit th re Maznner {pett to Poetry,and Ceremony in the Language of Poetry, is a Propriet of attions, and Perfons To fucceed i this bufinefs, there muft alway be a re gard had to Age, Sex, and Condition And nothing put into the Mouths of Per{ons which difagrees withany of thefe Circumitances. Tis not enough to fay - witty Thing,o' unlefs it be {poken by ) likely Perfon, and upon a proper occa. fion 5 Bu m Defig wil lead me t this Subje&t afterwards, ahd therefore {hall fay no more of it at prefent, bu . proceed to apply the Remark One Inftance of Impropriety in Maznser both Poetical and Moral, is their ma king Women, and Women of Qualit talk Smuttily. This I have proved upo them already, and could cite many mor places to the fame purpofe were it ne " ceffary But I fhall go on, and give the Res der {fome. other e¢xamples of Decency 'Y Judgment, and Probability. Don-Sebaf 2227 will help us in fomemeafure M Her th 19 |