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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... piety I might depend , you most obligingly attended to my statement , and gave me encourage- ment to proceed ; the result has already met your approbation in private , and I trust you will have no reason to alter your good opinion upon ...
... piety I might depend , you most obligingly attended to my statement , and gave me encourage- ment to proceed ; the result has already met your approbation in private , and I trust you will have no reason to alter your good opinion upon ...
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... piety , can possibly tend to promote " the glory of God : " and he who makes use of the expression , will , no doubt , be condemned as an enthusiast , and as making use of a cant language , to which no definite ideas can be annexed . To ...
... piety , can possibly tend to promote " the glory of God : " and he who makes use of the expression , will , no doubt , be condemned as an enthusiast , and as making use of a cant language , to which no definite ideas can be annexed . To ...
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... piety in some , who , fearing to " take in vain the name of " the true " God , ' have , instead of that , used the heathen term of the Gods , or sworn by some false , or inferior being . Most undoubtedly , the Name of God is not to be ...
... piety in some , who , fearing to " take in vain the name of " the true " God , ' have , instead of that , used the heathen term of the Gods , or sworn by some false , or inferior being . Most undoubtedly , the Name of God is not to be ...
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... 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 a considerable degree , in the more serious . " There runs " besides ( as it hath ' been ...
... 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 a considerable degree , in the more serious . " There runs " besides ( as it hath ' been ...
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... piety and immorality are noticed from the plays in use at that time , and some of which ( though in rather an amended state ) still keep a place upon the Stage . + Would those who are con- cerned in the Stage , but seriously consider ...
... piety and immorality are noticed from the plays in use at that time , and some of which ( though in rather an amended state ) still keep a place upon the Stage . + Would those who are con- cerned in the Stage , but seriously consider ...
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