 It was proposed to lay an imposition upon playhouses: the courtiers objected, that the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure.  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 439by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - 1807 - 544 pages
...prove deficient. It was proposed to lay animposi- CHAP. tion upon playhouses : the courtiers objected, that the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure. Sir John Coventry, a gentleman of the country party, asked, " whether the king's " pleasure lay among... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1808 - 842 pages
...person, 3d.:" the house disagreed. This motion was opposed byxli: courtiers, who gave for a reason, ' That the Players were the ' king's servants, and a part of his pleasure.' To this sir John Coventry, by way of reply, asked, ' If the king's pleasure lay among the ' men or... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1810 - 762 pages
...all the independent Members of the House of Commons ; and one of them, Sir John Coventry, KB in -A debate on the propriety of -A tax on Play-houses,...answer to an assertion that ' the Players were the Kind's Servants, and a part of his pleasure ;' "Whether did the King's pleasure lie among the men or... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...playhouses, which were then deemed nests of prostitution. This was opposed by the court : it was said, " The players were the King's servants, and a part of his pleasure." Whereupon Sir John Coventry asked, " Whether did the King's pleasure lie among the men, or the women... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 pages
...playhouses, which were then deemed nests of prostitution. This was opposed by the court : it was said, " The players were the King's servants, and a part of his pleasure." Whereupon Sir John Coventry asked, " Whether did the King's pleasure lie among the men, or the women... | |
 | 1822 - 590 pages
...disagreed upon the report) wns opposed in the committee by the courtiers, who gave for a reason, " that the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure." To this Sir John Coventry, by way of reply, asked whether the king's pleasure lay among the men or... | |
 | John Bristed - 1822 - 524 pages
...the sink of all prostitution and dissoluteness. The court party protested against such a tax, saying, the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure. Coventry asked, whether the king's pleasure did lie among 202 SIR JOHN COVENTRY. the men, or the women,... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 642 pages
...being a monster of immodesty and of impurity of all sorts. This was opposed by the court : it was said, the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure. Coventry asked, whether did the king's pleasure lie among the men or the women that w As to his personal... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...by the country party in the House of Commons, in the year 1669. The court opposed it. " It was said the players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure. Sir John Coventry asked, whether did the king's pleasure lie among the men or the women that acted... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 342 pages
...playhouses, which were then deemed nests of prostitution. This was opposed by the court ; it was said, ' The players were the king's servants, and a part of his pleasure.' Upon which Sir John asked, ' Whether did the king's pleasure lie amongst the men or women that acted... | |
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