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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... , we may s discharge this seemingly trifling act in such a manner as to promote " the glory of God . ” e * Macbeth , Act iv . scene 3 . - -- Again , in the amusements of life , B 2 THE LAWFULNESS OF THE STAGE CONSIDERED . 3 ; ...
... , we may s discharge this seemingly trifling act in such a manner as to promote " the glory of God . ” e * Macbeth , Act iv . scene 3 . - -- Again , in the amusements of life , B 2 THE LAWFULNESS OF THE STAGE CONSIDERED . 3 ; ...
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... witchcraft believed in , and persons really suffering oppression and * Note D. + Macbeth , Act I. Scene 5 . cruelties from being imputed witches . May not these exhibitions 28 DISCOURSE II . religion as if they were true, is to embody...
... witchcraft believed in , and persons really suffering oppression and * Note D. + Macbeth , Act I. Scene 5 . cruelties from being imputed witches . May not these exhibitions 28 DISCOURSE II . religion as if they were true, is to embody...
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... , his form and pressure . " Act III . Scene II . See Observations on the Effect , & c . p . 12 . principles and sentiments , or we are not fit to D 3 ABUSES AND USES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 37 the changes and chances of this mortal ...
... , his form and pressure . " Act III . Scene II . See Observations on the Effect , & c . p . 12 . principles and sentiments , or we are not fit to D 3 ABUSES AND USES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 37 the changes and chances of this mortal ...
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... scenes of abhorrence ; remorse , of doubt and of despair . * It is a melancholy truth , that , in a country where the religion of the Gospel is professed , the productions of authors bear little or no marks of those ideas , which , were ...
... scenes of abhorrence ; remorse , of doubt and of despair . * It is a melancholy truth , that , in a country where the religion of the Gospel is professed , the productions of authors bear little or no marks of those ideas , which , were ...
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... contaminated with indecency , and the omission of every scene , passage , and expression , liable to similar objec- tion in any of the performances , whether of ancient or of modern date , already in possession of 84 DISCOURSE IV .
... contaminated with indecency , and the omission of every scene , passage , and expression , liable to similar objec- tion in any of the performances , whether of ancient or of modern date , already in possession of 84 DISCOURSE IV .
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