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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... mentioned as " An attribute to GOD himself ; " and it is afterwards stated , that " earthly power does then shew likest GoD's , when mercy seasons justice ; " - when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it ...
... mentioned as " An attribute to GOD himself ; " and it is afterwards stated , that " earthly power does then shew likest GoD's , when mercy seasons justice ; " - when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it ...
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... mentioned , used as common exclama- tions , on the most trifling occasions . Sometimes on the Stage , the government of the world is taken out of the hands of PROVIDENCE , and given to Fortune or Fate , * 2. Another instance , wherein ...
... mentioned , used as common exclama- tions , on the most trifling occasions . Sometimes on the Stage , the government of the world is taken out of the hands of PROVIDENCE , and given to Fortune or Fate , * 2. Another instance , wherein ...
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... mentioned before ; but , besides the improper objects of heathen worship , to whom these addresses are often made , the frequency of oaths , both of the most trifling * Note F. ↑ Note G. * and of the most profane kind , and used 30 ...
... mentioned before ; but , besides the improper objects of heathen worship , to whom these addresses are often made , the frequency of oaths , both of the most trifling * Note F. ↑ Note G. * and of the most profane kind , and used 30 ...
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... mentioned ) is to recommend virtue and to dis- countenance vice ; to shew the uncertainty of human greatness , the sudden turns of fate , " — or , as , perhaps , it is better expressed elsewhere , + Note Q. * By Bedford . the changes ...
... mentioned ) is to recommend virtue and to dis- countenance vice ; to shew the uncertainty of human greatness , the sudden turns of fate , " — or , as , perhaps , it is better expressed elsewhere , + Note Q. * By Bedford . the changes ...
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... the Stage , whose work I have had occasion to mention in my former Discourses , says , that St. Paul , by these words , " intended to prohibit the plays , that were then in use ; " and that the word Kopos , 44 DISCOURSE III .
... the Stage , whose work I have had occasion to mention in my former Discourses , says , that St. Paul , by these words , " intended to prohibit the plays , that were then in use ; " and that the word Kopos , 44 DISCOURSE III .
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