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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... character of a Clergyman . Bishop Horne , however , whose opinion I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me with two authorities for my endeavours : " Every man ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his ...
... character of a Clergyman . Bishop Horne , however , whose opinion I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me with two authorities for my endeavours : " Every man ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his ...
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... character of a christian . ” * Here , then , the matter is fairly at issue ; if the stage , so far from being able to afford an amusement , of which we can partake in such a manne , as to " do it to the glory of God , " be in itself ...
... character of a christian . ” * Here , then , the matter is fairly at issue ; if the stage , so far from being able to afford an amusement , of which we can partake in such a manne , as to " do it to the glory of God , " be in itself ...
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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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... character , and as it deviates from strict historical accuracy for the sake of effect . " ( Gray , p . 250. ) An Expositor of the Bible , indeed , goes so far as to say , " It is undoubtedly a piece of dramatic poetry ; that the several ...
... character , and as it deviates from strict historical accuracy for the sake of effect . " ( Gray , p . 250. ) An Expositor of the Bible , indeed , goes so far as to say , " It is undoubtedly a piece of dramatic poetry ; that the several ...
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... characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of writing was considered , by persons acting under divine ...
... characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of writing was considered , by persons acting under divine ...
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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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