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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... which were set as a task , and beat in with the ferula , should become our
aversion , and that every opportunity * AT HACKNEY , then kept by Henry
Newcome , Esq , should be taken of following the one and avoiding the iv
DEDICATION .
... which were set as a task , and beat in with the ferula , should become our
aversion , and that every opportunity * AT HACKNEY , then kept by Henry
Newcome , Esq , should be taken of following the one and avoiding the iv
DEDICATION .
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... does it become our duty to separate the evil from the good , and to make it such
as a christian may frequent . It may , however , be said , since the Stage is
Witherspoon , p . 42 , also p . 47 . Note C. become so corrupt and dangerous ,
why not ...
... does it become our duty to separate the evil from the good , and to make it such
as a christian may frequent . It may , however , be said , since the Stage is
Witherspoon , p . 42 , also p . 47 . Note C. become so corrupt and dangerous ,
why not ...
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become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take the safer way , and relinquish it
entirely ? Would all persons acquiesce in this , then it might certainly be done .
But if people were so rightly . disposed , as willingly to give up a corrupt Stage ...
become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take the safer way , and relinquish it
entirely ? Would all persons acquiesce in this , then it might certainly be done .
But if people were so rightly . disposed , as willingly to give up a corrupt Stage ...
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... 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 . The only case for doubt
appears ...
... 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 . The only case for doubt
appears ...
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Thus does our conduct in this life , even with respect to every particular
circumstance , become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse ,
the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into
consideration ...
Thus does our conduct in this life , even with respect to every particular
circumstance , become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse ,
the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into
consideration ...
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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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