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The evil and danger of stage-plays: shewing their natural tendency to destroy religion, and introduce a general corruption of manners; in almost two thousand instances, taken from the plays of the two last years, ... By Arthur Bedford

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1706.
Call number: 112100
Creator: Bedford, Arthur (1668-1745)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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