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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There is no kind of know . ledge , which , in the hands of the diligent and skilful ,
will not turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ;
and the Bee knows how to extract it . ” + My reasons for not thinking the subject ...
There is no kind of know . ledge , which , in the hands of the diligent and skilful ,
will not turn to account . Honey exudes from all flowers , the bitter not excepted ;
and the Bee knows how to extract it . ” + My reasons for not thinking the subject ...
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... his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of it in the place of
public worship . The Apostles continued this mode , and wrote Epistles for the
instruction of their converts . But , has this prevented pious Christians , when the
art of ...
... his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of it in the place of
public worship . The Apostles continued this mode , and wrote Epistles for the
instruction of their converts . But , has this prevented pious Christians , when the
art of ...
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... it hath been perverted in the hands of the great Adversary of mankind , and
made a most powerful mean of corruption ; a fact allowed by all reasonable
advocates for the Stage . It becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is
likewise our ...
... it hath been perverted in the hands of the great Adversary of mankind , and
made a most powerful mean of corruption ; a fact allowed by all reasonable
advocates for the Stage . It becomes , therefore , not only adviseable , but is
likewise our ...
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Sometimes on the Stage , the government of the world is taken out of the hands
of Providence , and given to Fortune or Fate . * 2. Another instance , wherein the
Stage is highly presumptuous and censurable , is in attempting to know and ...
Sometimes on the Stage , the government of the world is taken out of the hands
of Providence , and given to Fortune or Fate . * 2. Another instance , wherein the
Stage is highly presumptuous and censurable , is in attempting to know and ...
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The man of judgment and religion , on the other hand , hears the ridicule ,
considers the matter , gives way and corrects it , if the ridicule be just ; but , if it be
wrong , he rejects and despises it . One of the greatest benefits which could be ...
The man of judgment and religion , on the other hand , hears the ridicule ,
considers the matter , gives way and corrects it , if the ridicule be just ; but , if it be
wrong , he rejects and despises it . One of the greatest benefits which could be ...
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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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