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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... 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 was set ...
... 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 was set ...
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... 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 , 384 . See Note A at the end . have , no ...
... 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 , 384 . See Note A at the end . have , no ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... King James the First , ( 3d year , ch . 21. ) " for the preventing and avoiding the great abuse of the Holy Name of God in Stage - plays , " hath , undesignedly , had some part in producing this effect ; for writers + , Note B. * Note A ...
... King James the First , ( 3d year , ch . 21. ) " for the preventing and avoiding the great abuse of the Holy Name of God in Stage - plays , " hath , undesignedly , had some part in producing this effect ; for writers + , Note B. * Note A ...
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... King Solomon ; " I said of laughter , It is mad ; and of mirth , What is it ? " ( Eccles . ii . 2. ) Another great abuse of wit , perhaps the most general , is , when it is employed upon indecency , either expressed openly , or with a ...
... King Solomon ; " I said of laughter , It is mad ; and of mirth , What is it ? " ( Eccles . ii . 2. ) Another great abuse of wit , perhaps the most general , is , when it is employed upon indecency , either expressed openly , or with a ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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