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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... shew likest GoD's , when mercy seasons justice ; " - when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it hath then been uttered with profound awe ; surely it cannot be said , that the Name * See Bedford , p . 5. 268 ...
... shew likest GoD's , when mercy seasons justice ; " - when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it hath then been uttered with profound awe ; surely it cannot be said , that the Name * See Bedford , p . 5. 268 ...
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... shew the uncertainty of human greatness , the sudden turns of fate , " — or , as , perhaps , it is better expressed elsewhere , + Note Q. * By Bedford . the changes and chances of this mortal life , " 36 DISCOURSE II .
... shew the uncertainty of human greatness , the sudden turns of fate , " — or , as , perhaps , it is better expressed elsewhere , + Note Q. * By Bedford . the changes and chances of this mortal life , " 36 DISCOURSE II .
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... shew Virtue her own feature , Scorn her own image , and the very age and body of the time , 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 ...
... shew Virtue her own feature , Scorn her own image , and the very age and body of the time , 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 ...
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... shew , that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the evil separated from it . ‡ + It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral ...
... shew , that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the evil separated from it . ‡ + It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral ...
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... shews what may be done , and gives us hope , that it will be attempted . The most probable means of carrying the design into effect must be the subject of a future discourse . In the mean time , let us reflect , that it is not from the ...
... shews what may be done , and gives us hope , that it will be attempted . The most probable means of carrying the design into effect must be the subject of a future discourse . In the mean time , let us reflect , that it is not from the ...
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