...Byrom occasionally met with a humorous adventure. " Orator" Henley, whom Pope has immortalised — The great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once and zany of his age, objected to his sermons being reported on the ground that " he might have his discourses printed...

...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson' preach in vain. O great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! 0 worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with...

...strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson4 preach in vain. Oh great Restorer of the good old Stage, 205 Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age! Oh worthy thou of .(Egypt s wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods! But fate with butchers placed...

...comedy ; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach. POPE. Oh, great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany, of thy age. POPE. The man in graver tragic known, Though his best part long since was done, Still on the stage...

...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Kennet, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. 0 great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher, at once, and zany of thy age I 0 worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods I But fate with...

...pp. 380-2). 2 Cf. Pope's lines in the Dunciad, iii, ll. 199-206 : Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo I Henley stands Tuning his voice and balancing his hands...of the good old Stage Preacher at once and Zany of the age clergy and the cry of " the danger of the Church " be revived '.1 The question of the legality...

...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare and Gibson preach in vain, Oh I great Restorer of the good old Stage Preacher at once and Zany of the age clergy and the cry of " the danger of the Church " be revived '.1 The question of the legality...

...popular "divine" of the day was "Orator" Henley, to whom Pope refers good naturedly in the Dunciad: O great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age. He it was who engaged in a public controversy with Foote, the comedian, in the Haymarket, and beat...

...Motto, AD SUMMA; and below, INVENIAM VIAM AUT FACIAM. While K * *, B * *, W * *, preach in vain. 200 Oh great Restorer of the good old Stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy Age ! Oh worthy thou of Aigypt's wise abodes, A decent Priest, where monkeys were the Gods! But Fate with Butchers plac'd thy...

...And this is precisely the point made by Pope's phrasing in The Dunciad Variorum, when he calls Henley 'Oh great Restorer of the good old Stage, / Preacher at once, and Zany of thy Age!'(in, 201-2).49 The intermingling of popular literary forms and entertainments with commercialised...