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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... and , in the autumn of 1792 , I began to attend the Lectures of DR , HEY , then
Norrisian Professor of Divinity ; a circumstance , which I consider to have been
one of the many great blessings which I have experienced in my life . life . At a
time ...
... and , in the autumn of 1792 , I began to attend the Lectures of DR , HEY , then
Norrisian Professor of Divinity ; a circumstance , which I consider to have been
one of the many great blessings which I have experienced in my life . life . At a
time ...
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The person in quest of medical know ledge , for the benefit of mankind , thinks it
no privilege to attend in the surgery and the dissecting room ; but if , by his own
personal inconvenience , he can benefit others , he is in the way of duty , and in ...
The person in quest of medical know ledge , for the benefit of mankind , thinks it
no privilege to attend in the surgery and the dissecting room ; but if , by his own
personal inconvenience , he can benefit others , he is in the way of duty , and in ...
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... 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 pious Christians , when the
art of ...
... 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 pious Christians , when the
art of ...
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... those likewise who attend it , and those who sanction it , become partakers in
the sin . But , if the Stage be a source of moral instruction , as well as of
amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and
commendable ...
... those likewise who attend it , and those who sanction it , become partakers in
the sin . But , if the Stage be a source of moral instruction , as well as of
amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and
commendable ...
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... the amendment of the faults of those against whom it is exercised , to do it with
malevolence , so that the person shall see that it proceeds from an ill - will , and
not a good will towards him , this will indispose him to F attend to it , and defeat its
...
... the amendment of the faults of those against whom it is exercised , to do it with
malevolence , so that the person shall see that it proceeds from an ill - will , and
not a good will towards him , this will indispose him to F attend to it , and defeat its
...
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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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