...necessitated to fix all its important business for the alternate days on which she did not perform, as all the younger members, clergy as well as laity, took their places in the theatre on those days by three in the afternoon ' p. 354. What would John Knox have said...

...the more distant clergy returned to their usual amusement in the theatre when occasionally in town. It is remarkable, that in the year 1784, when the...well as laity, took their stations in the theatre on those^days by three in the afternoon. Drs Robertson and Blair, though they both visited this great...

...Siddons, first appeared in Edinburgh during the sitting of the General Assembly, that court was forced to fix all its important business for the alternate...theatre on those days by three in the afternoon." Robertson and Blair, however, held aloof from this open demonstration of their liberalfeelings on the...

...by an Act declaratory, forbidding the clergy to countenance the theatre, an Act so totally neglected that, " in the year 1784, when the great actress,...theatre, on those days, by three in the afternoon ! " There is something shockingly ludicrous in the cool way in * Among a variety of squibs published...

...Edinburgh during the sitting of the ' Assembly, that court was obliged to fix all its important busi' ness for the alternate days when she did not act, as all...well as laity, took their stations 'in the theatre in those days by three in the afternoon.' We have now arrived at the joint visit of Carlyle and Robertson...

...the year 1784, when the great actress, Mrs Siddons, first appeared in Edinburgh, during the sittings of the General Assembly, that Court was obliged to...their stations in the theatre on those days by three o'clock in the afternoon. Drs Robertson and Blair, though they both visited this great actress in private,...

...the year 1784, when the great actress, Mrs. Siddons, first appeared in Edinburgh, during the sittings of the General Assembly, that Court was obliged to...well as laity, took their stations in the theatre in those days by three in the afternoon!" This is the unblushing statement of a Doctor of Divinity...

...universally attended the playhouse. It is remarkable that in the year 1784, when the great actress ilrs. Siddons first appeared in Edinburgh, during the sitting...acquaintance of Mrs. Siddons in private, were amongst those dergrmen, referred to by Dr. Carlyle, who abstained from attendance in the theatre ; but Dr. Carlyle...

...unmistakeable, and in the case of clergymen their attendance would greatly detract from their influence. In the year 1784, when the great actress Mrs. Siddons...the theatre on those days by three in the afternoon. \ * Motley's " United Netherlands," i. 147. t " Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character," by Dean...

...Assembly, that court was obliged to fix all its important business for the alternate days when she did uot act, as all the younger members, clergy as well as laity, took their station in the theatre on these days by three in the afternoon." * Life of Jlrskiiw, p. 61. his powers...