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 Notes |
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... of the nature and design of the following work , I hope I shall be spared the
imputation of egotism , if I enter somewhat at large into the history of my own
mind , as far as regards my knowledge of the . Stage . My attachment to the
Drama , if it.
... of the nature and design of the following work , I hope I shall be spared the
imputation of egotism , if I enter somewhat at large into the history of my own
mind , as far as regards my knowledge of the . Stage . My attachment to the
Drama , if it.
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My attachment to the Drama , if it be a fault , is certainly , in a proportionate
degree , my misfortune ; for such were the circumstances of my education , that it
appears to have arisen from it naturally , As long as I can remember any thing , I ...
My attachment to the Drama , if it be a fault , is certainly , in a proportionate
degree , my misfortune ; for such were the circumstances of my education , that it
appears to have arisen from it naturally , As long as I can remember any thing , I ...
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My love for the Drama certainly increased with my years , and , I must speak it to
my shame , interfered too much with what ... I say , to my shame , not because I
think time worse employed in cultivating a taste for the English Drama , than in ...
My love for the Drama certainly increased with my years , and , I must speak it to
my shame , interfered too much with what ... I say , to my shame , not because I
think time worse employed in cultivating a taste for the English Drama , than in ...
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But , while I was studying divinity , my dramatic taste was occasionally gratified by
some subject connected with it , and admirably illustrated by unexpected
allusions to my favourite authors . Soon after my entrance into Priest's Orders , I
was ...
But , while I was studying divinity , my dramatic taste was occasionally gratified by
some subject connected with it , and admirably illustrated by unexpected
allusions to my favourite authors . Soon after my entrance into Priest's Orders , I
was ...
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So long ago as the -year 1794 , I conceived an idea of writing a work upon the
Drama , with a view to its improvement ; but more in a critical , than in a moral or
religious light , though not totally devoid of those considerations . My attention to
...
So long ago as the -year 1794 , I conceived an idea of writing a work upon the
Drama , with a view to its improvement ; but more in a critical , than in a moral or
religious light , though not totally devoid of those considerations . My attention to
...
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| Título | 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 Notes |
| Autor | James Plumptre |
| Editora | F. Hodson, 1809 |
| Original de | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitalizado | 28 Ago 2012 |
| Número de páginas | 284 páginas |
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