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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... evil , and it will not have been in vain : indeed , this appears to me to be the only mode of " redeeming the time " Vol . of XVI Sermons . Discourse XIV . + Essays and Thoughts . Article Learning . § . 1 . and turning my knowledge in ...
... evil , and it will not have been in vain : indeed , this appears to me to be the only mode of " redeeming the time " Vol . of XVI Sermons . Discourse XIV . + Essays and Thoughts . Article Learning . § . 1 . and turning my knowledge in ...
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... evil attached to it be no part of its inherent quality , but arising merely from the abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can ...
... evil attached to it be no part of its inherent quality , but arising merely from the abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can ...
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... evil of corrupt Communication † , where he is speaking of plays , he says , " that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty reproach to the age and nation . " But , continues he , " To speak against them in general , may be ...
... evil of corrupt Communication † , where he is speaking of plays , he says , " that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty reproach to the age and nation . " But , continues he , " To speak against them in general , may be ...
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... EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS . A THE Apostle , in this chapter , is discoursing with his Corinthian converts upon the Gospel , which he had preached to them , and on that material article of it , the resurrection of the dead ...
... EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS . A THE Apostle , in this chapter , is discoursing with his Corinthian converts upon the Gospel , which he had preached to them , and on that material article of it , the resurrection of the dead ...
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... evil , and to render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en- deavour , in the present discourse , to point out ...
... evil , and to render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en- deavour , in the present discourse , to point out ...
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