Note 29 — THE Curiosities of Dudley AND THE Black Country. (continued 3)
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This vaunted concern for the glory of the church, we would charitably hope, is real, and not like that of Rebel, in the Comedy of the Committee-man curried by Sam. Sheppard. I laugh (says Rebel) to think when I counterfeit a whining passion, and talk of God and goodness, walk with a sad and mortified countenance, how I’m admired among the brethren, and styled a man of God.
And thus I cloke my naked villany With old odd ends stolen forth of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the Devil. Shakspeare.