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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... represented as cruel , and thwarting the happiness of their children , and the great object in the children is , to contrive in what manner they may outwit and cast off obedience to them . Innumerable are the instances , in which ...
... represented as cruel , and thwarting the happiness of their children , and the great object in the children is , to contrive in what manner they may outwit and cast off obedience to them . Innumerable are the instances , in which ...
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... represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5. These are the common subjects of the lighter species of Dramas ; but they are to be ...
... represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5. These are the common subjects of the lighter species of Dramas ; but they are to be ...
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... represented in more places than one , as laughing the wicked to scorn . ( See Psalm ii . 4. xxviii . 13 . lii . 6. lix . 8. ) Though our Saviour “ was sometimes indignant at hypocrisy , he says of it what may be taken in a ludicrous ...
... represented in more places than one , as laughing the wicked to scorn . ( See Psalm ii . 4. xxviii . 13 . lii . 6. lix . 8. ) Though our Saviour “ was sometimes indignant at hypocrisy , he says of it what may be taken in a ludicrous ...
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... represented , unless it be felt - and that every human passion , especially when strongly felt , gives a certain modification to the blood and spirits , and makes the whole frame more susceptible of its return . Therefore , whoever has ...
... represented , unless it be felt - and that every human passion , especially when strongly felt , gives a certain modification to the blood and spirits , and makes the whole frame more susceptible of its return . Therefore , whoever has ...
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... represented for the purpose of instruction , and be exposed , and reproved , or punished on the Stage , will he not partake , likewise , of the shame , the remorse , and the repentance which is attached to it ? It is a suggestion ...
... represented for the purpose of instruction , and be exposed , and reproved , or punished on the Stage , will he not partake , likewise , of the shame , the remorse , and the repentance which is attached to it ? It is a suggestion ...
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