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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... consider to have been one of the many great blessings which I have experienced in my life . At a time when the world was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive ...
... consider to have been one of the many great blessings which I have experienced in my life . At a time when the world was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive ...
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... consider as any privilege or indulgence , but rather as a duty ; * and certainly , to a very considerable degree , a mor- tification . The person in quest of medical know- ledge , for the benefit of mankind , thinks it no privilege to ...
... consider as any privilege or indulgence , but rather as a duty ; * and certainly , to a very considerable degree , a mor- tification . The person in quest of medical know- ledge , for the benefit of mankind , thinks it no privilege to ...
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... consider one of the most rational amusements ; but a bad , or an indifferent one , gives me no satis- faction . While I have been thus free in censuring the compositions of others , it will , no doubt , be asked by those , who know that ...
... consider one of the most rational amusements ; but a bad , or an indifferent one , gives me no satis- faction . While I have been thus free in censuring the compositions of others , it will , no doubt , be asked by those , who know that ...
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... consider the taking another person's sentiments , and putting them into other , and perhaps inferior language , for the purpose of passing them off for an author's own , to be not only unnecessary , but disingenuous . By adopting the ...
... consider the taking another person's sentiments , and putting them into other , and perhaps inferior language , for the purpose of passing them off for an author's own , to be not only unnecessary , but disingenuous . By adopting the ...
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... consider myself an exception to the general rule , I claim the privilege of retracting , * should I ever see occasion ; for I trust I should not think it any disgrace to find myself wiser to - morrow than I am to - day . With sentiments ...
... consider myself an exception to the general rule , I claim the privilege of retracting , * should I ever see occasion ; for I trust I should not think it any disgrace to find myself wiser to - morrow than I am to - day . With sentiments ...
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