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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... turn for becoming public actors , justice likewise requires it to be said , that as far as my own knowledge extends , I believe there never was an instance of any one of the actors performing afterwards upon a public Stage , much less ...
... turn for becoming public actors , justice likewise requires it to be said , that as far as my own knowledge extends , I believe there never was an instance of any one of the actors performing afterwards upon a public Stage , much less ...
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... turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it ... turning my knowledge in that branch to use , X DEDICATION .
... turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it ... turning my knowledge in that branch to use , X DEDICATION .
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... turning my knowledge in that branch to use , and to be an imperious duty incumbent upon me , And one motive with me for chusing this form for my work , has been the hope , that these Dis- courses might furnish materials to my Brethren ...
... turning my knowledge in that branch to use , and to be an imperious duty incumbent upon me , And one motive with me for chusing this form for my work , has been the hope , that these Dis- courses might furnish materials to my Brethren ...
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... to 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 .
... to 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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... turns upon the highest part of our nature , ( which the moral part certainly is , ) is it not right to conclude , that it is intended for good ends of a high and important sort ? " * Of that species of wit called ridicule , we certainly ...
... turns upon the highest part of our nature , ( which the moral part certainly is , ) is it not right to conclude , that it is intended for good ends of a high and important sort ? " * Of that species of wit called ridicule , we certainly ...
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