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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... interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5. These are the common subjects of the lighter species of Dramas ; but they are to be found , likewise , to ...
... interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5. These are the common subjects of the lighter species of Dramas ; but they are to be found , likewise , to ...
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... interesting to all men . " The exercise of the social affections , " is one of the principal sources of human happiness ; the interruption of these , indeed , produces , when in a small degree , pity , when in a greater , terror . † All ...
... interesting to all men . " The exercise of the social affections , " is one of the principal sources of human happiness ; the interruption of these , indeed , produces , when in a small degree , pity , when in a greater , terror . † All ...
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... painting and music . Oratorios , ( Sacred Dramas , performed with music , but without the aids of action and scenery ) are sufficiently interesting to attract all * Note W. Our - ranks of persons : and , be it said 40 DISCOURSE II .
... painting and music . Oratorios , ( Sacred Dramas , performed with music , but without the aids of action and scenery ) are sufficiently interesting to attract all * Note W. Our - ranks of persons : and , be it said 40 DISCOURSE II .
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... interesting speculations ( must indeed have retired beyond the limits of all the speculations most important to man ) who can say that nothing in the religion of Christ bears , in any manner , on any part of his subject ...
... interesting speculations ( must indeed have retired beyond the limits of all the speculations most important to man ) who can say that nothing in the religion of Christ bears , in any manner , on any part of his subject ...
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... interesting groupe , the venerable men , who have in every age instructed and astonished the world by their wisdom and their virtue , and collect their aggregate opinion on the character and moral influence of the Stage , the decision ...
... interesting groupe , the venerable men , who have in every age instructed and astonished the world by their wisdom and their virtue , and collect their aggregate opinion on the character and moral influence of the Stage , the decision ...
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