... imperfect sort of life, and I can pronounce with more confidence and knowledge on the merits of the author. His last compositions are darkly tinctured by the incomprehensible visions of Jacob Behmen; and his discourse on the absolute unlawfulness of stage entertainments is sometimes quoted for a ridiculous intemperance of sentiment and language.—"The actors and spectators must all be damned: the playhouse is the porch of Hell, the place of the Devil's abode, where he holds his filthy court of evil spirits: a play is the Devil's triumph, ... — Memoirs of My Life and Writings • Edward Gibbon
...unlawfulness of his remaining another hour under the roof where this swindling transaction had taken place, were immediately removed from the mind of the ... — Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys • Various