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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... object of inquiry , namely , What are the abuses of the Stage , but that it seems necessary to anticipate an objection , which may be made against the inquiry . An attempt to reform the Stage is considered by the adversaries of it as ...
... object of inquiry , namely , What are the abuses of the Stage , but that it seems necessary to anticipate an objection , which may be made against the inquiry . An attempt to reform the Stage is considered by the adversaries of it as ...
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... I speak this to your shame . " A warning which may be applied to those in this day , who lead a life of pleasure , regardless of the object for which they came into this world , and of the judgment for endless glory C 4 DISCOURSE II. ...
... I speak this to your shame . " A warning which may be applied to those in this day , who lead a life of pleasure , regardless of the object for which they came into this world , and of the judgment for endless glory C 4 DISCOURSE II. ...
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... objects , or in prayers addressed to the true God in an improper manner . What was before observed respecting the ... object , and thus making light of that awful and necessary duty . Many , indeed , have doubted and denied the ...
... objects , or in prayers addressed to the true God in an improper manner . What was before observed respecting the ... object , and thus making light of that awful and necessary duty . Many , indeed , have doubted and denied the ...
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... 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 DISCOURSE II .
... 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 DISCOURSE II .
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... objects . † These are some of the principal instances , wherein the Stage seems to have adopted some sort of false religion , as it were , of its own , and so to confuse the minds of its votaries , and lead them from the true God to ...
... objects . † These are some of the principal instances , wherein the Stage seems to have adopted some sort of false religion , as it were , of its own , and so to confuse the minds of its votaries , and lead them from the true God to ...
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