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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... thoughts ; and yielding to the prejudices of the world , I determined to relinquish in great measure the amusement of the Stage . In the year 1801 , I accordingly disposed of the greater part of a large Dramatic Library , with the ...
... thoughts ; and yielding to the prejudices of the world , I determined to relinquish in great measure the amusement of the Stage . In the year 1801 , I accordingly disposed of the greater part of a large Dramatic Library , with the ...
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... indeed , this appears to me to be the only mode of " redeeming the time " * Vol . of XVI Sermons . Discourse XIV . + Essays and Thoughts . Article Learning . § . 1 . and turning my knowledge in that branch to use , X DEDICATION .
... indeed , this appears to me to be the only mode of " redeeming the time " * Vol . of XVI Sermons . Discourse XIV . + Essays and Thoughts . Article Learning . § . 1 . and turning my knowledge in that branch to use , X DEDICATION .
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... thought they could sacrifice every thing to its claims - but the Theatre . " ( Ditto , Note . ) It will be found , from the following Discourses , that I do not conceive the Christian to be called upon wholly to renounce the Stage ...
... thought they could sacrifice every thing to its claims - but the Theatre . " ( Ditto , Note . ) It will be found , from the following Discourses , that I do not conceive the Christian to be called upon wholly to renounce the Stage ...
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... thought too severe , and that which the present age cannot so well brook , and would not perhaps be so just and reasonable ; because it is very possible , they might be so framed , and governed by such rules , as not only to be in ...
... thought too severe , and that which the present age cannot so well brook , and would not perhaps be so just and reasonable ; because it is very possible , they might be so framed , and governed by such rules , as not only to be in ...
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... public representation . Nor let it be thought , that , in doing this , the Christian Minister is stepping aside from his office . To warn his hearers where danger lies , the more so where it is unseen and unsuspected , 24 DISCOURSE II .
... public representation . Nor let it be thought , that , in doing this , the Christian Minister is stepping aside from his office . To warn his hearers where danger lies , the more so where it is unseen and unsuspected , 24 DISCOURSE II .
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