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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... King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of amusement was set ...
... King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of amusement was set ...
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... King Charles the 1st . - Biographia Dramatica , vol . 1. p . vii . Styles on the Stage , p . 19 , quotation.- Spectator , No. 93. Witherspoon on the Stage , p . 105. - Law on do . p . 383 , 384 , See Note A at the end , y 1 h ge 2 . 10 ...
... King Charles the 1st . - Biographia Dramatica , vol . 1. p . vii . Styles on the Stage , p . 19 , quotation.- Spectator , No. 93. Witherspoon on the Stage , p . 105. - Law on do . p . 383 , 384 , See Note A at the end , y 1 h ge 2 . 10 ...
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... King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of it in the place of public worship . The Apostles continued this mode , and wrote Epistles for the instruction of their converts . But , has ...
... King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of it in the place of public worship . The Apostles continued this mode , and wrote Epistles for the instruction of their converts . But , has ...
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... King James the First , ( 3d year , ch . 21. ) " for the preventing and avoiding the great abuse of the Holy Name . of God in Stage - plays , " hath , undesignedly , had some part in producing this effect ; for writers ↑ Note B. * Note ...
... King James the First , ( 3d year , ch . 21. ) " for the preventing and avoiding the great abuse of the Holy Name . of God in Stage - plays , " hath , undesignedly , had some part in producing this effect ; for writers ↑ Note B. * Note ...
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... Kings and Empires , not in the Deities and Heroes of the heathen world , but in the daily transactions of life as they affect CHRISTIANS . Pity and Terror " were considered , by the 66 * Note R. + Note S. Note T. ancients , as the great ...
... Kings and Empires , not in the Deities and Heroes of the heathen world , but in the daily transactions of life as they affect CHRISTIANS . Pity and Terror " were considered , by the 66 * Note R. + Note S. Note T. ancients , as the great ...
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