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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... ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker 66 ... say so , without an imputation of vanity , as I speak it in great measure to my shame at the same time ) to be ...
... ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker 66 ... say so , without an imputation of vanity , as I speak it in great measure to my shame at the same time ) to be ...
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... says , that " the difficulty which persons under a powerful conviction of the truth and importance of religion , feel in resigning to its influence their last favourite -the Stage - is a proof , that it has lodged in the hearts of many ...
... says , that " the difficulty which persons under a powerful conviction of the truth and importance of religion , feel in resigning to its influence their last favourite -the Stage - is a proof , that it has lodged in the hearts of many ...
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... says , farther , " Two persons , one an emi- nently pious minister of the Gospel , and the other an accomplished and excellent female , assured me , when conversing with them on this subject , that , previous to their becoming serious ...
... says , farther , " Two persons , one an emi- nently pious minister of the Gospel , and the other an accomplished and excellent female , assured me , when conversing with them on this subject , that , previous to their becoming serious ...
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... says , " that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty reproach to the age and nation . " But , continues he , " To speak against them in general , may be thought too severe , and that which the present age cannot so well ...
... says , " that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty reproach to the age and nation . " But , continues he , " To speak against them in general , may be thought too severe , and that which the present age cannot so well ...
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... says he , one might join with the Epicureans , who , disbeliev- ing a future state , place their whole happiness in the sensual enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die . " But he instantly ...
... says he , one might join with the Epicureans , who , disbeliev- ing a future state , place their whole happiness in the sensual enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die . " But he instantly ...
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