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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... introduced about the time of performance , and that very much by the friends and relatives of the boys being acces- sary to it : this , however , during the latter part of the time before the plays were discontinued , † had been greatly ...
... introduced about the time of performance , and that very much by the friends and relatives of the boys being acces- sary to it : this , however , during the latter part of the time before the plays were discontinued , † had been greatly ...
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... introduced , till , in a short time it arrived at the state in which we have it in the ancient Greek Tragedians ; and this was from about the year 536 to the year 400 before the Christian æra . So far , perhaps , it may justly be traced ...
... introduced , till , in a short time it arrived at the state in which we have it in the ancient Greek Tragedians ; and this was from about the year 536 to the year 400 before the Christian æra . So far , perhaps , it may justly be traced ...
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... introduced as speakers , are the bridegroom and bride , with their respective attendants , together , as some suppose , with the sister of the bride ; and , if the ingenious theory of Harmer be admitted , the first and degraded wife of ...
... introduced as speakers , are the bridegroom and bride , with their respective attendants , together , as some suppose , with the sister of the bride ; and , if the ingenious theory of Harmer be admitted , the first and degraded wife of ...
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... introduced speaking with great fidelity of character , and as it deviates from strict historical accuracy for the sake of effect . " ( Gray , p . 250. ) An Expositor of the Bible , indeed , goes so far as to say , " It is undoubtedly a ...
... introduced speaking with great fidelity of character , and as it deviates from strict historical accuracy for the sake of effect . " ( Gray , p . 250. ) An Expositor of the Bible , indeed , goes so far as to say , " It is undoubtedly a ...
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... introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of writing was considered , by persons acting under divine direction , as ...
... introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of writing was considered , by persons acting under divine direction , as ...
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