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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... light , though not totally devoid of those consi- derations . My attention to the subject of convivial Songs , in some measure , revived my attention to the Drama , and , in the autumn of 1805 , when I quitted Hinxton , I revolved in my ...
... light , though not totally devoid of those consi- derations . My attention to the subject of convivial Songs , in some measure , revived my attention to the Drama , and , in the autumn of 1805 , when I quitted Hinxton , I revolved in my ...
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... light in which it is here set forth ; and I could have given it up in its cor- rupted state , without reluctance : but , when I saw persons condemning plays , and yet going to them , when I heard the profession censured , and yet ...
... light in which it is here set forth ; and I could have given it up in its cor- rupted state , without reluctance : but , when I saw persons condemning plays , and yet going to them , when I heard the profession censured , and yet ...
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... light shine before men , " ( Matt . v . 16. ) as to make us doubt its propriety . The Drama is , in fact , embodied history , brought visibly before our eyes , to afford us examples of bad men to be avoided , and of good men to be ...
... light shine before men , " ( Matt . v . 16. ) as to make us doubt its propriety . The Drama is , in fact , embodied history , brought visibly before our eyes , to afford us examples of bad men to be avoided , and of good men to be ...
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... light of that awful and necessary duty . Many , indeed , have doubted and denied the propriety of addresses to the Deity in repre- sentations , because they are not realities . But , if a character be introduced , as an example for our ...
... light of that awful and necessary duty . Many , indeed , have doubted and denied the propriety of addresses to the Deity in repre- sentations , because they are not realities . But , if a character be introduced , as an example for our ...
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... light so shine before men , that they may SEE our good works , and GLORIFY OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN . " ( Matt . v . 16. ) Besides , can we not find similar cases , confessedly lawful , wherein we place ourselves in the situations of ...
... light so shine before men , that they may SEE our good works , and GLORIFY OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN . " ( Matt . v . 16. ) Besides , can we not find similar cases , confessedly lawful , wherein we place ourselves in the situations of ...
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