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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... Poets ; but , as the study of the classics was a duty I then owed to my Parents and Teachers , that ought to have been my pursuit , had I possessed adequate ideas of filial obedience . At length the time arrived , when , having taken my ...
... Poets ; but , as the study of the classics was a duty I then owed to my Parents and Teachers , that ought to have been my pursuit , had I possessed adequate ideas of filial obedience . At length the time arrived , when , having taken my ...
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... poets , and , in the xvth ch . of 1. Cor . ( v . 33. ) he quotes the words of the dramatic poet Menander . Now , had he considered Dramas as so absolutely un- lawful , so bad in their origin , and so corrupt in their very nature ...
... poets , and , in the xvth ch . of 1. Cor . ( v . 33. ) he quotes the words of the dramatic poet Menander . Now , had he considered Dramas as so absolutely un- lawful , so bad in their origin , and so corrupt in their very nature ...
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... poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in direct opposition to the standard of Christianity . And this is not done subordinately , incidentally , or occasionally ; but worldly honour is the very soul and spirit , and life - giving ...
... poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in direct opposition to the standard of Christianity . And this is not done subordinately , incidentally , or occasionally ; but worldly honour is the very soul and spirit , and life - giving ...
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... poetic imagery ; and hath marked the various figures he hath introduced , with such a glow of colouring , and strength of expression , as plainly shews how much his imagination was fired with the original . " p . 431 . We have many ...
... poetic imagery ; and hath marked the various figures he hath introduced , with such a glow of colouring , and strength of expression , as plainly shews how much his imagination was fired with the original . " p . 431 . We have many ...
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... poets , they chose governors of their provinces , generals of their armies , and guardians of their liberties . Who were more jealous of their liberties than the Athenians ? -who better knew , that corruption and debauchery are the ...
... poets , they chose governors of their provinces , generals of their armies , and guardians of their liberties . Who were more jealous of their liberties than the Athenians ? -who better knew , that corruption and debauchery are the ...
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