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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... at least to the extent which I would go ; and those who think the Stage
incapable of amendment to any valuable purpose : and both will perhaps concur
in thinking it a matter foreign , if not derogatory , ' to the character of a Clergyman .
... at least to the extent which I would go ; and those who think the Stage
incapable of amendment to any valuable purpose : and both will perhaps concur
in thinking it a matter foreign , if not derogatory , ' to the character of a Clergyman .
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thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are , in their general
nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our
religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the
character of ...
thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are , in their general
nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our
religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the
character of ...
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The companions of the bride compose a kind of Chorus , which seems to bear
some resemblance to that which afterwards obtained in the Grecian Tragedy .
Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and
represent ...
The companions of the bride compose a kind of Chorus , which seems to bear
some resemblance to that which afterwards obtained in the Grecian Tragedy .
Solomon and his Queen sometimes speak in assumed characters , and
represent ...
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There is another of the sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot
be considered as a regular Drama , yet certainly is written very much in the
dramatic form , “ as the . parties are introduced speaking with great fidelity of
character ...
There is another of the sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot
be considered as a regular Drama , yet certainly is written very much in the
dramatic form , “ as the . parties are introduced speaking with great fidelity of
character ...
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... sustaining the different characters introduced , which must always be
considered as constituting wliat 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 ...
... sustaining the different characters introduced , which must always be
considered as constituting wliat 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 ...
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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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| 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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