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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... Sacred Writings and for English Poetry ; but I never took much , I may almost say any , delight in the usual routine of a classical education . I remember the interest and the fulness of heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and ...
... Sacred Writings and for English Poetry ; but I never took much , I may almost say any , delight in the usual routine of a classical education . I remember the interest and the fulness of heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and ...
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... sacred sub- jects . The time which I formerly gave up to this subject , I acknowledge to have been misapplied ; but , if it shall please Providence to prosper this endeavour , good , as is his usual mode of dealing with man , will be ...
... sacred sub- jects . The time which I formerly gave up to this subject , I acknowledge to have been misapplied ; but , if it shall please Providence to prosper this endeavour , good , as is his usual mode of dealing with man , will be ...
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... also The Conduct of the Stage considered , by Dr. CHARLES OWEN , p . 6 and 7 . ↑ Styles , p . 2 . ‡ Note D. But , we have an instance in the sacred writings THE LAWFULNESS OF THE STAGE CONSIDERED . 9 invention of the Devil," ...
... also The Conduct of the Stage considered , by Dr. CHARLES OWEN , p . 6 and 7 . ↑ Styles , p . 2 . ‡ Note D. But , we have an instance in the sacred writings THE LAWFULNESS OF THE STAGE CONSIDERED . 9 invention of the Devil," ...
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... sacred writings , which seems to come much nearer to our idea of the modern , or rather of the ancient Drama . The Song of Solomon is now almost universally acknowledged to have been the Epithalamium , or marriage song , of that monarch ...
... sacred writings , which seems to come much nearer to our idea of the modern , or rather of the ancient Drama . The Song of Solomon is now almost universally acknowledged to have been the Epithalamium , or marriage song , of that monarch ...
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... sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot be considered as a regular Drama , yet certainly is written very much in the dramatic form , " as the parties are introduced speaking with great fidelity of character , and as it ...
... sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot be considered as a regular Drama , yet certainly is written very much in the dramatic form , " as the parties are introduced speaking with great fidelity of character , and as it ...
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