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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... kind of know- ledge , which , in the hands of the diligent and skilful , will not turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it . " + My reasons for not thinking the ...
... kind of know- ledge , which , in the hands of the diligent and skilful , will not turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it . " + My reasons for not thinking the ...
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... kind , I trust in Providence to preserve my own mind from any material contamination ; and , if I can be of any service to my fellow - creatures , in this my generation , shall trust to reap my reward , by witnessing it , both in this ...
... kind , I trust in Providence to preserve my own mind from any material contamination ; and , if I can be of any service to my fellow - creatures , in this my generation , shall trust to reap my reward , by witnessing it , both in this ...
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... kind . There is a succession of time , and a change of place , to different parts of the palace and royal gardens . The personages introduced as speakers , are the bridegroom and bride , with their respective attendants , together , as ...
... kind . There is a succession of time , and a change of place , to different parts of the palace and royal gardens . The personages introduced as speakers , are the bridegroom and bride , with their respective attendants , together , as ...
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... kind of prologue and epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the poetical parts . " The opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by ...
... kind of prologue and epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the poetical parts . " The opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by ...
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... before ; but , besides the improper objects of heathen worship , to whom these addresses are often made , the frequency of oaths , both of the most trifling * Note F. ↑ Note G. * and of the most profane kind , and used 30 DISCOURSE II .
... before ; but , besides the improper objects of heathen worship , to whom these addresses are often made , the frequency of oaths , both of the most trifling * Note F. ↑ Note G. * and of the most profane kind , and used 30 DISCOURSE II .
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