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 NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and his Brethren , and the delight with which I attended to the easy verse and play- ful humour of the Bath Guide . At the Classical School to which I was sent , it was customary , once in ...
... heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and his Brethren , and the delight with which I attended to the easy verse and play- ful humour of the Bath Guide . At the Classical School to which I was sent , it was customary , once in ...
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... heart ( which he ought ever to be aware " is deceitful above all things , " Jerem . xvii . 9. ) I do not think that ... hearts of many the strongest prejudices against the practical influence of Christianity . " ( p . 81. ) And he says ...
... heart ( which he ought ever to be aware " is deceitful above all things , " Jerem . xvii . 9. ) I do not think that ... hearts of many the strongest prejudices against the practical influence of Christianity . " ( p . 81. ) And he says ...
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... hearts the most powerful barrier to their receiving genuine religion ; they thought they could sacrifice every thing to its claims - but the Theatre . " ( Ditto , Note . ) It will be found , from the following Discourses , that I do not ...
... hearts the most powerful barrier to their receiving genuine religion ; they thought they could sacrifice every thing to its claims - but the Theatre . " ( Ditto , Note . ) It will be found , from the following Discourses , that I do not ...
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... heart , stopping short before the glass of excess . Yet , because this blessing is daily and hourly abused , shall we prohibit it , and put it away from us ? No : it is given to comfort us in our " often infirmities " ( 1 Tim . v . 23 ...
... heart , stopping short before the glass of excess . Yet , because this blessing is daily and hourly abused , shall we prohibit it , and put it away from us ? No : it is given to comfort us in our " often infirmities " ( 1 Tim . v . 23 ...
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... hearts of the hearers with a similar reverence and awe . Were the same sentiments to prevail in common life , we should not so often hear the blessed Names of God and of Christ used in common oaths and execrations , nor should we hear ...
... hearts of the hearers with a similar reverence and awe . Were the same sentiments to prevail in common life , we should not so often hear the blessed Names of God and of Christ used in common oaths and execrations , nor should we hear ...
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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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