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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... lives of those who sustained the charac- ters in them . In the year 1783 , when I was between eleven and twelve years of age , the Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to ...
... lives of those who sustained the charac- ters in them . In the year 1783 , when I was between eleven and twelve years of age , the Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to ...
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... live in a boasted age of reason ; but we have heard of persons , not very long ago , pretending to such fore - knowledge , and who found others weak and wicked enough to consult with them ; and we need not go very far from this place to ...
... live in a boasted age of reason ; but we have heard of persons , not very long ago , pretending to such fore - knowledge , and who found others weak and wicked enough to consult with them ; and we need not go very far from this place to ...
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... live ; he sees the effect of those passions which are his most dangerous enemies ; and he learns to shun the errors and vices which are there held up to just detestation . " ‡ - " We must learn to distinguish between good and bad ...
... live ; he sees the effect of those passions which are his most dangerous enemies ; and he learns to shun the errors and vices which are there held up to just detestation . " ‡ - " We must learn to distinguish between good and bad ...
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... live in the world , to converse with our fellow- creatures , or to read any book whatever . The foundation being once laid , with " the law of his God in his heart , " ( Psalm xxxvii . 32. ) the Christian will distinguish true from ...
... live in the world , to converse with our fellow- creatures , or to read any book whatever . The foundation being once laid , with " the law of his God in his heart , " ( Psalm xxxvii . 32. ) the Christian will distinguish true from ...
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... live , political by the laws of our society , and moral and relative duties by the laws of God . It seems then , that wit in general , and par- ticularly that species of it called ridicule , is merely an ornament , or pleasant mode of ...
... live , political by the laws of our society , and moral and relative duties by the laws of God . It seems then , that wit in general , and par- ticularly that species of it called ridicule , is merely an ornament , or pleasant mode of ...
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