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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GREGORY , in his excellent Work , A Father's Legacy to his Daughters , in the
chapter on Amusements , speaking of the Theatre , says , “ There are few English
Comedies a lady can see without a shock to delicacy . " _ " Tragedy subjects you
...
GREGORY , in his excellent Work , A Father's Legacy to his Daughters , in the
chapter on Amusements , speaking of the Theatre , says , “ There are few English
Comedies a lady can see without a shock to delicacy . " _ " Tragedy subjects you
...
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... who invoke Phoebus , and saying it is another deity my song invokes , I to
Day's soft - ey'd sister pay my court , ( Endymion's rival ) and her aid implore ;
Now first implor'd in succour to the Muse . And next , a Lady , who appeared at
the Duke ...
... who invoke Phoebus , and saying it is another deity my song invokes , I to
Day's soft - ey'd sister pay my court , ( Endymion's rival ) and her aid implore ;
Now first implor'd in succour to the Muse . And next , a Lady , who appeared at
the Duke ...
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At the beginning of Act III . of Douglas , Anna , after speaking of Lady Randolph
sleeping , says , Ye ministers Of gracious heaven , who love the human race ,
Angels and Seraphs , who delight in goodness , Forsake your skies and on her ...
At the beginning of Act III . of Douglas , Anna , after speaking of Lady Randolph
sleeping , says , Ye ministers Of gracious heaven , who love the human race ,
Angels and Seraphs , who delight in goodness , Forsake your skies and on her ...
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This : use of the term fate occurs frequently in Douglas : Lady Randolph says ,
But Randolph comes , whom fate has made my Lord . A. I. Ruling fate decreed ,
That my brave brother should in battle save The life of Douglas ' son , our house's
...
This : use of the term fate occurs frequently in Douglas : Lady Randolph says ,
But Randolph comes , whom fate has made my Lord . A. I. Ruling fate decreed ,
That my brave brother should in battle save The life of Douglas ' son , our house's
...
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or Guardian Angels of Scripture , for The Lady says , He , the Supreme Good , t '
whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a
glisering guardian , if need were , To keep my life and honour unassail'd . 1. 217 .
or Guardian Angels of Scripture , for The Lady says , He , the Supreme Good , t '
whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a
glisering guardian , if need were , To keep my life and honour unassail'd . 1. 217 .
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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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