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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... not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it . ” + My reasons for not
thinking the subject fore'gn to my profession , are stated in more places than one
in te Discourses themselves ; and I. conceive myself ( and I hope I may be
allowed to ...
... not excepted ; and the Bee knows how to extract it . ” + My reasons for not
thinking the subject fore'gn to my profession , are stated in more places than one
in te Discourses themselves ; and I. conceive myself ( and I hope I may be
allowed to ...
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... goes so far as to affirm , on the most mature deliberation , that the reason why
there never was a well - regulated stage , is because it cannot be , the nature of
the thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are 6 DISCOURSE I.
... goes so far as to affirm , on the most mature deliberation , that the reason why
there never was a well - regulated stage , is because it cannot be , the nature of
the thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are 6 DISCOURSE I.
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And , to use the words of an excellent writer upon another subject , " supposing
there were good reason for calling this but Theory , I must own that I should not
be so much disturbed by it as some might be . A Theory is often only a set of ...
And , to use the words of an excellent writer upon another subject , " supposing
there were good reason for calling this but Theory , I must own that I should not
be so much disturbed by it as some might be . A Theory is often only a set of ...
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... be called the Morals of the Stage . 1. The subject , which now forms the leading
principle of our Dramas , is love . Not , as it was intended to be by the Great
Creator of man , a passion pure in itself , and subject to the guidance of reason
and ...
... be called the Morals of the Stage . 1. The subject , which now forms the leading
principle of our Dramas , is love . Not , as it was intended to be by the Great
Creator of man , a passion pure in itself , and subject to the guidance of reason
and ...
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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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