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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... and I trust you will have no reason to alter your good opinion upon my making
these Discourses public , I am well aware , that I shall have to encounter the
prejudices of two very different descriptions of persons in this attempt at reforming
the ...
... and I trust you will have no reason to alter your good opinion upon my making
these Discourses public , I am well aware , that I shall have to encounter the
prejudices of two very different descriptions of persons in this attempt at reforming
the ...
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Bishop Horne , however , whose opinion ' I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me
with two authorities for my endeavours : “ Every man ( says he ) in that way to
which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker
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Bishop Horne , however , whose opinion ' I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me
with two authorities for my endeavours : “ Every man ( says he ) in that way to
which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker
...
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The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and
mature deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works
written against the subject here treated ; such as they are , I conceive them to be
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The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and
mature deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works
written against the subject here treated ; such as they are , I conceive them to be
...
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There is one amusement , which hath been very prevalent in the world ,
particularly in civilized countries , for many hundred years , and which hath been
the cause of much difference of opinion as to its uses and lawfulness , While that ,
and ...
There is one amusement , which hath been very prevalent in the world ,
particularly in civilized countries , for many hundred years , and which hath been
the cause of much difference of opinion as to its uses and lawfulness , While that ,
and ...
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... the historical parts at the beginning and the end are a kind of prologue and
epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the
poetical parts . " I The opinion most anciently and generally entertained
respecting ...
... the historical parts at the beginning and the end are a kind of prologue and
epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the
poetical parts . " I The opinion most anciently and generally entertained
respecting ...
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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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