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 circumstances of my parish , however , soon called my attention to the
subject of convivial Songs , the result of which has been sometime before the
public ; and , for some years , I wholly abstained from the amusement of the
Theatre .
The circumstances of my parish , however , soon called my attention to the
subject of convivial Songs , the result of which has been sometime before the
public ; and , for some years , I wholly abstained from the amusement of the
Theatre .
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... it would mend the heart , as well as delight the funcy : it might furnish
entertainment for the best Christians and philo sophers ; and teach us all to be
the good churacters represented . If he 1 * Introductory Letter to A Collection of
Songs , p . 2.
... it would mend the heart , as well as delight the funcy : it might furnish
entertainment for the best Christians and philo sophers ; and teach us all to be
the good churacters represented . If he 1 * Introductory Letter to A Collection of
Songs , p . 2.
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... my remarks , * says of himself , “ It cannot be denied , that my proper duty is to
instruct as well as amuse , and it would be impossible without instruction , to
convey any amusement that would not be * See Introduction to Collection of
Songs ...
... my remarks , * says of himself , “ It cannot be denied , that my proper duty is to
instruct as well as amuse , and it would be impossible without instruction , to
convey any amusement that would not be * See Introduction to Collection of
Songs ...
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I therefore , without hesita . tion , refer the reader to The Introductory Letter to my
COLLECTION OF SONGS , in one volume 4to . with music , published in 1805 ,
and republished , with corrections and some few additions , as a Preface to ...
I therefore , without hesita . tion , refer the reader to The Introductory Letter to my
COLLECTION OF SONGS , in one volume 4to . with music , published in 1805 ,
and republished , with corrections and some few additions , as a Preface to ...
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... Seaton's Prize Poem of The Holy Land , invokes the Spirit of Cowper . Spirit so
lately fled of Him , whose lyre ' Mid its " light Task ” with strains of holiest theme
Oft sounded , and for Sion's songs renounc'd Th ' 128 NOTES ON DISCOURSE II
...
... Seaton's Prize Poem of The Holy Land , invokes the Spirit of Cowper . Spirit so
lately fled of Him , whose lyre ' Mid its " light Task ” with strains of holiest theme
Oft sounded , and for Sion's songs renounc'd Th ' 128 NOTES ON DISCOURSE II
...
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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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