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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... VICE - CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE . Reverend and Dear Sir , MOTIVES , both of private regard and of public consideration , induce me to inscribe the following DISCOURSES to your Name , and to solicit your patronage on ...
... VICE - CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE . Reverend and Dear Sir , MOTIVES , both of private regard and of public consideration , induce me to inscribe the following DISCOURSES to your Name , and to solicit your patronage on ...
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... vice , the city of Corinth was in- famous to a proverb . About three years after St. Paul left Corinth , some important questions were proposed to him by his converts in that place , and he wrote an Epistle in reply , in order to ...
... vice , the city of Corinth was in- famous to a proverb . About three years after St. Paul left Corinth , some important questions were proposed to him by his converts in that place , and he wrote an Epistle in reply , in order to ...
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... vice , " and " a perpetual source of the most noble and useful entertainment ; " - by others it hath been branded as " the School of Impiety , ' " the porch of hell , " the house of the devil , " -- and " the sink of corruption and ...
... vice , " and " a perpetual source of the most noble and useful entertainment ; " - by others it hath been branded as " the School of Impiety , ' " the porch of hell , " the house of the devil , " -- and " the sink of corruption and ...
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... vice or virtue . All reasonable advocates for the stage , indeed , allow , that it is greatly corrupted , and that plays are not what they ought to be , and what they might be made ; while others , argu- ing from the constant abuse of ...
... vice or virtue . All reasonable advocates for the stage , indeed , allow , that it is greatly corrupted , and that plays are not what they ought to be , and what they might be made ; while others , argu- ing from the constant abuse of ...
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... vice and immorality , throughout the world ; but it is to that , likewise , we now owe , that the Gospel hath dispelled the mental darkness , which at that time covered the earth , that it is now making its way to the remotest corners ...
... vice and immorality , throughout the world ; but it is to that , likewise , we now owe , that the Gospel hath dispelled the mental darkness , which at that time covered the earth , that it is now making its way to the remotest corners ...
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