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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... the Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in
preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the
Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of
amusement ...
... the Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in
preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the
Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of
amusement ...
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My hearers Prologue to the Tragedy of King Charles the 1st . - Biographia
Dramatica , vol . 1. p . vii .--- Styles on the Stage , p . 19 , quotation.Spectator , No.
93 . - Witherspoon on the Stage , p . 105. - Law on do . p.383 , 3846 See Note A
at the ...
My hearers Prologue to the Tragedy of King Charles the 1st . - Biographia
Dramatica , vol . 1. p . vii .--- Styles on the Stage , p . 19 , quotation.Spectator , No.
93 . - Witherspoon on the Stage , p . 105. - Law on do . p.383 , 3846 See Note A
at the ...
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... King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend
the reading of it in the place of public worship . The Apostles continued this mode
, and wrote Epistles for the instruction of their converts . But , has this prevented ...
... King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend
the reading of it in the place of public worship . The Apostles continued this mode
, and wrote Epistles for the instruction of their converts . But , has this prevented ...
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... in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the corruptions of popery ,
making their prayers to and putting their trust in Saints and Angels , + It is not
improbable , but that an Act of Parliament , passed in the reign of King James the
First ...
... in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the corruptions of popery ,
making their prayers to and putting their trust in Saints and Angels , + It is not
improbable , but that an Act of Parliament , passed in the reign of King James the
First ...
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... to raise a fit of present laughter , we expose ourselves to endless wailing and
woe ; when to be reckoned wits , we prove ourselves to be stark wild ! Surely to
this case we may accommodate that saying of a truly - gréat wit , King Solomon ; “
I ...
... to raise a fit of present laughter , we expose ourselves to endless wailing and
woe ; when to be reckoned wits , we prove ourselves to be stark wild ! Surely to
this case we may accommodate that saying of a truly - gréat wit , King Solomon ; “
I ...
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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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