"In this scenic province of instruction, our representations are much better calculated to answer the end proposed, than those of the Antients were, on account of the different hours of exhibition. Theirs were performed in the morning; which circumstance suffered the salutary effect to be worn out of the mind, by the business or avocations of the day. Ours are at night; the impressions accompany us to our couch, supply matter for our latest reflections, and may sometimes furnish the subject of our very dreams."
The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated
3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1777).<br>
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Text from <u>The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated: By Mrs. Griffith</u>. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004885264.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;