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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... caused by the meeting of two real currents ; and still more of two currents of fluids , which effervesce , and repel each other . Out of this hypothesis we must never leave the moral sense : there must be some shock or surprize upon ...
... caused by the meeting of two real currents ; and still more of two currents of fluids , which effervesce , and repel each other . Out of this hypothesis we must never leave the moral sense : there must be some shock or surprize upon ...
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... causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion it ; sometimes , mortification at dis- covering an unknown fault , or vexation at the misrepresentations of the world . This kind of confusion often interrupts mutual ...
... causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion it ; sometimes , mortification at dis- covering an unknown fault , or vexation at the misrepresentations of the world . This kind of confusion often interrupts mutual ...
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... cause of virtue and religion , not as the test of truth , but as the incentive to bring us to the test of truth , is not only innocent but useful ; and , consequently , that the lighter species of Drama , denominated Comedy , is lawful ...
... cause of virtue and religion , not as the test of truth , but as the incentive to bring us to the test of truth , is not only innocent but useful ; and , consequently , that the lighter species of Drama , denominated Comedy , is lawful ...
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... Causes by which Evangelical Religion has been rendered unacceptable to persons of cultivated taste , " has treated this subject in so admirable a style , that a few extracts from it cannot but prove acceptable . " To a man ( says he ) ...
... Causes by which Evangelical Religion has been rendered unacceptable to persons of cultivated taste , " has treated this subject in so admirable a style , that a few extracts from it cannot but prove acceptable . " To a man ( says he ) ...
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... cause of religion ; but did he think the last possible direct service had been rendered to Christianity , that his accomplished mind was left at leisure for hymns to the Hindu gods ? Was not this event a violation of the neutrality ...
... cause of religion ; but did he think the last possible direct service had been rendered to Christianity , that his accomplished mind was left at leisure for hymns to the Hindu gods ? Was not this event a violation of the neutrality ...
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