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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... Tragedies , in which she altogether condemns the Stage , as it is * In speaking of the blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re-- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the ...
... Tragedies , in which she altogether condemns the Stage , as it is * In speaking of the blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re-- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the ...
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... 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 , 384 . See Note A at the end ...
... 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 , 384 . See Note A at the end ...
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... Tragedy . Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and represent themselves in fictitious circumstances . They descend , as it were , from the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress 10 DISCOURSE 1 .
... Tragedy . Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and represent themselves in fictitious circumstances . They descend , as it were , from the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress 10 DISCOURSE 1 .
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... Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes ...
... Tragedy . It is her moral and political law . Her dictates form its institutes . Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code . Against these all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes ...
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... much tend to diminish the horror and impiety of them to the human mind . One * Mrs. H. More's Preface to her Tragedies . Vol . ii . p . 16 . + Ditto , p . 21. Note N. instance , at least , is upon record of suicide 34 DISCOURSE II .
... much tend to diminish the horror and impiety of them to the human mind . One * Mrs. H. More's Preface to her Tragedies . Vol . ii . p . 16 . + Ditto , p . 21. Note N. instance , at least , is upon record of suicide 34 DISCOURSE II .
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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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