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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... opinion as to its uses and lawfulness . While that , and the place wherein it is per- formed , have been called by some , - " A School of Virtue , " — " A warm incentive to virtue , and powerful preservative against vice , " and " a ...
... opinion as to its uses and lawfulness . While that , and the place wherein it is per- formed , have been called by some , - " A School of Virtue , " — " A warm incentive to virtue , and powerful preservative against vice , " and " a ...
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... opinions prevail upon any subject , the probability is , that truth lies some- where between these extreme points . * Plays have been permitted to be performed in this place or at least within the reach of its inhabitants - at this ...
... opinions prevail upon any subject , the probability is , that truth lies some- where between these extreme points . * Plays have been permitted to be performed in this place or at least within the reach of its inhabitants - at this ...
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... opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to ...
... opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to ...
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... opinion against plays , omits this passage , which admits the lawfulness of the Stage , considered in itself , and the possibility of rendering it useful . Highly as I respect Law's character , and excellent as I consider much of his ...
... opinion against plays , omits this passage , which admits the lawfulness of the Stage , considered in itself , and the possibility of rendering it useful . Highly as I respect Law's character , and excellent as I consider much of his ...
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... opinions of many learned and pious men might be added , and even the concessions of many of the adversaries of the Stage , who say , that they do not consider all wit and ridicule to be unlawful , but merely when it degenerates into ...
... opinions of many learned and pious men might be added , and even the concessions of many of the adversaries of the Stage , who say , that they do not consider all wit and ridicule to be unlawful , but merely when it degenerates into ...
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