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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The time which I formerly gave up to this subject , I acknowledge to have been
misapplied ; but , if it shall please Providence to prosper this endeavour , good ,
as is his usual mode of dealing with man , will be produced out of evil , and it will
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The time which I formerly gave up to this subject , I acknowledge to have been
misapplied ; but , if it shall please Providence to prosper this endeavour , good ,
as is his usual mode of dealing with man , will be produced out of evil , and it will
...
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But , if the evil attached to it be no part of its inherent quality , but arising merely
from the abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly
constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can be farther ...
But , if the evil attached to it be no part of its inherent quality , but arising merely
from the abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly
constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can be farther ...
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In his Sermon on The evil of corrupt Communication t , where he is speaking of
plays , he says , “ that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty
reproach to the age and nation . ” But , continues he , “ To speak against them in
...
In his Sermon on The evil of corrupt Communication t , where he is speaking of
plays , he says , “ that as they are now ordered among us , they are a mighty
reproach to the age and nation . ” But , continues he , “ To speak against them in
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BE NOT DECEIVED : EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS .
The Apostie , in this chapter , is discoursing with his Corinthian converts upon the
Gospel , which he had preached to them , and on that material article of it , the ...
BE NOT DECEIVED : EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS .
The Apostie , in this chapter , is discoursing with his Corinthian converts upon the
Gospel , which he had preached to them , and on that material article of it , the ...
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It becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is likewise our bounden duty , to
endeavour to separate the good from the evil , and to render it not merely an
innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To
contribute ...
It becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is likewise our bounden duty , to
endeavour to separate the good from the evil , and to render it not merely an
innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To
contribute ...
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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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