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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... 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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 cer- tainly be done . But if people were so rightly disposed , as willingly to give up a ...
... become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take the safer way , and relinquish it entirely ? Would all persons acquiesce in this , then it might cer- tainly be done . But if people were so rightly disposed , as willingly to give up a ...
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... 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 to be , where ...
... 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 to be , where ...
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... become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into consideration , and it was shewn , I think , upon sufficient evidence , that the Stage is an ...
... become a subject of awful consideration . In a former discourse , the much controverted question of the lawfulness of the Stage was taken into consideration , and it was shewn , I think , upon sufficient evidence , that the Stage is an ...
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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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