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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... Tragedies , in which she altogether condemns the Stage , as it is * In speaking of the blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the ...
... Tragedies , in which she altogether condemns the Stage , as it is * In speaking of the blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the ...
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... Tragedy of 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 ...
... Tragedy of 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 ...
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... Tragedy . Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and represent themselves in fictitious circumstances . They descend , as it were , from the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress 10 DISCOURSE I.
... Tragedy . Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and represent themselves in fictitious circumstances . They descend , as it were , from the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress 10 DISCOURSE I.
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... Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes ...
... Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes ...
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... very much tend to diminish the horror and impiety of them to the human mind . One Mrs. H. More's Preface to her Tragedies . Vol . iii . p . 16 . + Ditto , p . 21. Note N. instance , at least , is upon record of suicide 34 DISCOURSE II .
... very much tend to diminish the horror and impiety of them to the human mind . One Mrs. H. More's Preface to her Tragedies . Vol . iii . p . 16 . + Ditto , p . 21. Note N. instance , at least , is upon record of suicide 34 DISCOURSE II .
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