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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... become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take the safer way , and relinquish it entirely ? Would all persons acquiesce in this , then it might cer- tainly be done . But if people were so rightly disposed , as willingly to give up a ...
... become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take the safer way , and relinquish it entirely ? Would all persons acquiesce in this , then it might cer- tainly be done . But if people were so rightly disposed , as willingly to give up a ...
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... becomes an inquiry , Whence the heathens acquired this Ode and Chorus in honour of their Gods ? The pro- bability is , that it was borrowed , or rather stolen , from the worship of the One True God , the Everlasting Jehovah , to furnish ...
... becomes an inquiry , Whence the heathens acquired this Ode and Chorus in honour of their Gods ? The pro- bability is , that it was borrowed , or rather stolen , from the worship of the One True God , the Everlasting Jehovah , to furnish ...
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... become partakers in the sin . But , if the Stage be a source of moral instruction , as well as of amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and commendable . The only case for doubt appears to be , where ...
... become partakers in the sin . But , if the Stage be a source of moral instruction , as well as of amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and commendable . The only case for doubt appears to be , where ...
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... become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness ... becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is likewise our bounden duty , to endeavour to separate the good from ...
... become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness ... becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is likewise our bounden duty , to endeavour to separate the good from ...
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... becomes acquainted with the world in which he is to live ; he sees the effect of those passions which are his most dangerous enemies ; and he learns to shun the errors and vices which are there held up to just detestation . " ‡ - " We ...
... becomes acquainted with the world in which he is to live ; he sees the effect of those passions which are his most dangerous enemies ; and he learns to shun the errors and vices which are there held up to just detestation . " ‡ - " We ...
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