"Poetical Justice extends only to such as the Law cannot lay hold of, such as are to be tried in Foro Conscientiae, where the Delinquent, being strongly touched by a Resemblance of Himself, may amend."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
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Date
Tuesday, November 11, 1735
Metaphor
"Poetical Justice extends only to such as the Law cannot lay hold of, such as are to be tried in Foro Conscientiae, where the Delinquent, being strongly touched by a Resemblance of Himself, may amend."
Metaphor in Context
The Word therefore to be given him is, henceforward not to represent Vicious Characters because they may be indulged by the Corruption of the Times, but to reform the Corruption of the Times by Scenes adapted to that Purpose. Now the Stage is not to punish such Vices as are cognizable by Course of Law, and punitively terminable at Tyburn: Poetical Justice extends only to such as the Law cannot lay hold of, such as are to be tried in Foro Conscientiae, where the Delinquent, being strongly touched by a Resemblance of Himself, may amend.
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Provenance
Reading at Folger Library; confirmed in Google Books.
Citation
See Aaron Hill, ed. The Prompter ([London: Printed for J[ohn]. Peele, at Locke’s Head, in Amen-Corner, Paternoster Row: where letters to the author are taken in, 1734-1736). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Reading The Prompter: A Theatrical Paper (1734-1736), eds. W. W. Appleton and K. A. Burnim (New York: Benjamin Blom, 1966).
Reading The Prompter: A Theatrical Paper (1734-1736), eds. W. W. Appleton and K. A. Burnim (New York: Benjamin Blom, 1966).
Date of Entry
04/28/2014
