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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... profane Stage - player . The law , indeed , formerly affixed this title of infamy upon the player , but it was upon a race of men , certainly less respectable in themselves , and performing dramas more ex- ceptionable and these ...
... profane Stage - player . The law , indeed , formerly affixed this title of infamy upon the player , but it was upon a race of men , certainly less respectable in themselves , and performing dramas more ex- ceptionable and these ...
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... Profane cursing and swearing have , in some measure , been mentioned 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 ...
... Profane cursing and swearing have , in some measure , been mentioned 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 ...
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... profane kind , and used upon the most trifling occasions , and uttered in the most daring manner , is truly shocking . * 7. To these must be added the very frequent and profane use of Scripture language , and of words appropriated ...
... profane kind , and used upon the most trifling occasions , and uttered in the most daring manner , is truly shocking . * 7. To these must be added the very frequent and profane use of Scripture language , and of words appropriated ...
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... profane , or unsea- sonable . The general tenor of the Christian's character , should be seriousness tempered by cheerfulness ; seriousness is his occupation , * See Dr. Hey , p . 456. Parkhurst's Lexicon , and Doddridge's Expositor ...
... profane , or unsea- sonable . The general tenor of the Christian's character , should be seriousness tempered by cheerfulness ; seriousness is his occupation , * See Dr. Hey , p . 456. Parkhurst's Lexicon , and Doddridge's Expositor ...
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... profane turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it , " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " * " If we ...
... profane turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it , " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " * " If we ...
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