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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... souls of mankind , the physician , who administers to the diseases of the body , and the lawyer , who is the guardian of his property , we must surely consider those as the most valuable members of society , who administer to our ...
... souls of mankind , the physician , who administers to the diseases of the body , and the lawyer , who is the guardian of his property , we must surely consider those as the most valuable members of society , who administer to our ...
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... soul and spirit , and life - giving principle of the Drama . Honour is the religion of Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these ...
... soul and spirit , and life - giving principle of the Drama . Honour is the religion of Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these ...
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... souls ; when to make vain people merry , we incense God's earnest displeasure ; when , to raise a fit of present laughter , we expose ourselves to endless wailing and woe ; when to be reckoned wits , we prove ourselves to be stark wild ...
... souls ; when to make vain people merry , we incense God's earnest displeasure ; when , to raise a fit of present laughter , we expose ourselves to endless wailing and woe ; when to be reckoned wits , we prove ourselves to be stark wild ...
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... to be rich shall not be innocent . " ( Prov . xxviii . 20. ) " What is a man profited , ( saith Christ ) if he shall gain the whole world , and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his 70 DISCOURSE IV .
... to be rich shall not be innocent . " ( Prov . xxviii . 20. ) " What is a man profited , ( saith Christ ) if he shall gain the whole world , and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his 70 DISCOURSE IV .
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... soul ! " ( Matt . xvi . 26. ) Let the persons , then , engaged in this profession consider , that although every man may look to acquire a competent maintenance by his profession , yet he hath a much more important object to attain . He ...
... soul ! " ( Matt . xvi . 26. ) Let the persons , then , engaged in this profession consider , that although every man may look to acquire a competent maintenance by his profession , yet he hath a much more important object to attain . He ...
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