Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... exhibited according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt to embody what is re- vealed only to our faith in Scripture . To attempt to represent to our gross imaginations what God hath thought proper to ...
... exhibited according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt to embody what is re- vealed only to our faith in Scripture . To attempt to represent to our gross imaginations what God hath thought proper to ...
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... exhibited as generally , and almost necessarily , to be a state of indifference or aversion . ‡ * Note J. + Note K. 1 Note L. 4. The sanction and encouragement which the Stage gives to 32 DISCOURSE II . the common duties of life, and ...
... exhibited as generally , and almost necessarily , to be a state of indifference or aversion . ‡ * Note J. + Note K. 1 Note L. 4. The sanction and encouragement which the Stage gives to 32 DISCOURSE II . the common duties of life, and ...
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... exhibited , not as a character odious , and to be avoided , but he is represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . 5. These are the ...
... exhibited , not as a character odious , and to be avoided , but he is represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . 5. These are the ...
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... exhibited on the stage , may contribute in their full measure and proportion towards supplying a sort of regular aliment to the appetite ( how dreadfully increased ! ) for duelling , and even suicide . " + 6. Murder , and Suicide , are ...
... exhibited on the stage , may contribute in their full measure and proportion towards supplying a sort of regular aliment to the appetite ( how dreadfully increased ! ) for duelling , and even suicide . " + 6. Murder , and Suicide , are ...
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... exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the evil separated from it . ‡ It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i . ch . vi ...
... exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the evil separated from it . ‡ It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i . ch . vi ...
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