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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... deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works written against the subject here treated ; such as they are , I conceive them to be true ; nevertheless I am perfectly aware , Xiv DEDICATION .
... deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works written against the subject here treated ; such as they are , I conceive them to be true ; nevertheless I am perfectly aware , Xiv DEDICATION .
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... true ; nevertheless I am perfectly aware , that every man is liable to be deceived , and as I by no means consider myself an exception to the general rule , I claim the privilege of retracting , * should I ever see occasion ; for I ...
... true ; nevertheless I am perfectly aware , that every man is liable to be deceived , and as I by no means consider myself an exception to the general rule , I claim the privilege of retracting , * should I ever see occasion ; for I ...
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... true merits ; and , when we find such very opposite opinions prevail upon any subject , the probability is , that truth lies some- where between these extreme points . * Plays have been permitted to be performed in this place — or at ...
... true merits ; and , when we find such very opposite opinions prevail upon any subject , the probability is , that truth lies some- where between these extreme points . * Plays have been permitted to be performed in this place — or at ...
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... True God , the Everlasting Jehovah , to furnish out idolatrous rites for the abominations of the gentiles . Cer- tain it is , that some of the Psalms of David ( who died 1015 years before Christ ) are written in this manner ; and the ...
... True God , the Everlasting Jehovah , to furnish out idolatrous rites for the abominations of the gentiles . Cer- tain it is , that some of the Psalms of David ( who died 1015 years before Christ ) are written in this manner ; and the ...
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... true religion , or often heathenism itself . Even Christians are frequently represented as swearing by , appealing to , and putting their trust in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the corruptions of popery , making ...
... true religion , or often heathenism itself . Even Christians are frequently represented as swearing by , appealing to , and putting their trust in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the corruptions of popery , making ...
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