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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... consideration , induce me to inscribe the following DISCOURSES to your Name , and to solicit your patronage on publishing them . It is in a great measure owing to your obliging sanction and advice , that they have been written ; and it ...
... consideration , induce me to inscribe the following DISCOURSES to your Name , and to solicit your patronage on publishing them . It is in a great measure owing to your obliging sanction and advice , that they have been written ; and it ...
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... considerations upon the matter will not be deemed irrelevant or unnecessary . The influence of the Stage upon the manners and passions of mankind is universally acknow- ledged ; and , when we consider the size and * Note B. The subject ...
... considerations upon the matter will not be deemed irrelevant or unnecessary . The influence of the Stage upon the manners and passions of mankind is universally acknow- ledged ; and , when we consider the size and * Note B. The subject ...
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... consideration of the public , there has never been any attempt to point out a plausible way , how the stage may be ... considerations already mentioned , it will confirm every impartial person in the belief , that such improvement is not ...
... consideration of the public , there has never been any attempt to point out a plausible way , how the stage may be ... considerations already mentioned , it will confirm every impartial person in the belief , that such improvement is not ...
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... consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into consideration , and it was shewn , I think , upon sufficient evidence , that the Stage is an amusement by no means ...
... consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into consideration , and it was shewn , I think , upon sufficient evidence , that the Stage is an amusement by no means ...
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... considerations to account for it : " extensive views , business , suf- ferings , compassion , might easily prevent it . " + But it is very certain , that Christ has mentioned laughter as a blessing : " blessed are ye that weep now , for ...
... considerations to account for it : " extensive views , business , suf- ferings , compassion , might easily prevent it . " + But it is very certain , that Christ has mentioned laughter as a blessing : " blessed are ye that weep now , for ...
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