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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Angels , departed Spirits , the glories of Heaven , and the torments of Hell , have
all been represented to the view ; some of these , indeed , have been exhibited
according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt
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Angels , departed Spirits , the glories of Heaven , and the torments of Hell , have
all been represented to the view ; some of these , indeed , have been exhibited
according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt
...
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... this fallen world can produce , is exhibited as generally , and almost
necessarily , to be a state of indifference or aversion . * Note J. + Note K. i Note L.
4. The sanction and encouragement which the Stage gives to 32 DISCOURSE 11
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... this fallen world can produce , is exhibited as generally , and almost
necessarily , to be a state of indifference or aversion . * Note J. + Note K. i Note L.
4. The sanction and encouragement which the Stage gives to 32 DISCOURSE 11
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The libertine is there exhibited , not as a character odious , and to be avoided ,
but he is represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded
character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5.
The libertine is there exhibited , not as a character odious , and to be avoided ,
but he is represented as the interesting , and the amiable , and the rewarded
character ; while soberness , virtue and piety are neglected and contemned . * 5.
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6 When it is considered how many young men pick up their habits of thinking and
their notions of morality from the play - house , it is not perhaps going too far to
suspect , that the principles and examples exhibited on the stage , may contribute
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6 When it is considered how many young men pick up their habits of thinking and
their notions of morality from the play - house , it is not perhaps going too far to
suspect , that the principles and examples exhibited on the stage , may contribute
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... that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the
evil separated from it . I It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the
Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i . ch . vi .
... that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest , were the
evil separated from it . I It will , however , no doubt , be said by many , that the
Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i . ch . vi .
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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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