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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... frequent exhibition of deaths , in which the person de- parting out of this world into another , is repre- sented with views very different from those , in which a Christian should consider himself ; looking back , not like a sinner ...
... frequent exhibition of deaths , in which the person de- parting out of this world into another , is repre- sented with views very different from those , in which a Christian should consider himself ; looking back , not like a sinner ...
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... , a neglected , or a rejected object . To shew the extent of their own genius , and to strike the spectator , or reader , with admiration * Note C. . of it , is too frequently brought about at ON THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE STAGE . 73.
... , a neglected , or a rejected object . To shew the extent of their own genius , and to strike the spectator , or reader , with admiration * Note C. . of it , is too frequently brought about at ON THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE STAGE . 73.
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... frequently brought about at the expence of morals and religion , In morals we are often satisfied with saying , Such a fault " was an error of the head , not of the heart ; " in literature , alas ! it is generally the reverse ; there ...
... frequently brought about at the expence of morals and religion , In morals we are often satisfied with saying , Such a fault " was an error of the head , not of the heart ; " in literature , alas ! it is generally the reverse ; there ...
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... frequently appearing in an assumed character , they lose all character of their own ; ” — and that , " in consequence of their profession , appearing continually in an assumed character , or being employed in preparing to assume it ...
... frequently appearing in an assumed character , they lose all character of their own ; ” — and that , " in consequence of their profession , appearing continually in an assumed character , or being employed in preparing to assume it ...
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... . 271. ) A writer , whom I have frequently cited , ( the Author of the Essay on the Unlawfulness of the Stage ) says , " You may make yourself * Note L. a partaker in other men's sins by negligence , and 92 DISCOURSE IV .
... . 271. ) A writer , whom I have frequently cited , ( the Author of the Essay on the Unlawfulness of the Stage ) says , " You may make yourself * Note L. a partaker in other men's sins by negligence , and 92 DISCOURSE IV .
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