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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... turn his discourse , and accommodate it to the present occasion , for the purpose of exciting mirth or laughter , a wit ; but since such persons are very apt to abuse this faculty , and to deviate into buffoonery , scurrility , and ...
... turn his discourse , and accommodate it to the present occasion , for the purpose of exciting mirth or laughter , a wit ; but since such persons are very apt to abuse this faculty , and to deviate into buffoonery , scurrility , and ...
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... turn to rule , and guard against excess , lest that , which was intended for our good , should prove pernicious , lest " our table be made a snare to take ourselves withal , and the things that should be for our wealth , be unto us an ...
... turn to rule , and guard against excess , lest that , which was intended for our good , should prove pernicious , lest " our table be made a snare to take ourselves withal , and the things that should be for our wealth , be unto us an ...
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... turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it , " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " * " If we must be ...
... turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it , " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " * " If we must be ...
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