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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In the hour of health and gaiety , applause may crown the Wit for his
licentiousness ; but the season of sickness and the hour of death would they
were displayed vpon the Stage , as they have too often been in seal life - exhibit
scenes of ...
In the hour of health and gaiety , applause may crown the Wit for his
licentiousness ; but the season of sickness and the hour of death would they
were displayed vpon the Stage , as they have too often been in seal life - exhibit
scenes of ...
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... sometimes to our connection with Deity , to death , and to a future state , ought
to have written every page under * I could not help feeling a degree of this regret
in reading lately the memoirs of the admirable and estimable Sir William Jones .
... sometimes to our connection with Deity , to death , and to a future state , ought
to have written every page under * I could not help feeling a degree of this regret
in reading lately the memoirs of the admirable and estimable Sir William Jones .
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30 . Sleep's dewy wand Has strok'd my drooping lids , and promises My long
arrear of rest ; the downy god ( Wont to return with our returning peace ) Will pay ,
' ere long , and bless me with repose . N. IX . I. 2173. ' . He compares death to the
...
30 . Sleep's dewy wand Has strok'd my drooping lids , and promises My long
arrear of rest ; the downy god ( Wont to return with our returning peace ) Will pay ,
' ere long , and bless me with repose . N. IX . I. 2173. ' . He compares death to the
...
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I should by no means think it an unlikely error for a mind , versed in our popular
airs , and but moderately informed in religion , to fall into , to make use of this on a
death bed . There is a similar air in Jephtha , Waft her , Angels , through the ...
I should by no means think it an unlikely error for a mind , versed in our popular
airs , and but moderately informed in religion , to fall into , to make use of this on a
death bed . There is a similar air in Jephtha , Waft her , Angels , through the ...
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Tickel , in his Lines to the Earl of Warwick , on the Death of Addison , goes farther
, and addresses his departed friend , Oh ! if , sometimes , thy spotless form
descend , , To me thy aid , thou guardian genius , lend ! When Rage misguides
me ...
Tickel , in his Lines to the Earl of Warwick , on the Death of Addison , goes farther
, and addresses his departed friend , Oh ! if , sometimes , thy spotless form
descend , , To me thy aid , thou guardian genius , lend ! When Rage misguides
me ...
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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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