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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... with the produce of which I purcha ed books of a different description , chiefly in
divinity . Amongst these , however , were the complete works of Mrs. H. More , in
which I first saw her Dialogue on carrying Religion into the Amusements of Life ...
... with the produce of which I purcha ed books of a different description , chiefly in
divinity . Amongst these , however , were the complete works of Mrs. H. More , in
which I first saw her Dialogue on carrying Religion into the Amusements of Life ...
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Mr. Styles , in his Essay on the Stage , says , that “ the difficulty which persons
under a powerful conviction of the truth and importance of religion , feel in
resigning to its influence their last favourite the Stage-- is a proof , that it has
lodged in the ...
Mr. Styles , in his Essay on the Stage , says , that “ the difficulty which persons
under a powerful conviction of the truth and importance of religion , feel in
resigning to its influence their last favourite the Stage-- is a proof , that it has
lodged in the ...
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... assured me , when conversing with them on this subject , that , previous to their
becoming serious , the Stage opposed to their hearts the most powerful barrier to
their receiving genuine religion ; they thought they could sacrifice every thing ...
... assured me , when conversing with them on this subject , that , previous to their
becoming serious , the Stage opposed to their hearts the most powerful barrier to
their receiving genuine religion ; they thought they could sacrifice every thing ...
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productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with human nature and
the Christian Religion ; but , though they are such as I would not now send
abroad into the world , I do not wonder that they are not better ; they contain some
...
productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with human nature and
the Christian Religion ; but , though they are such as I would not now send
abroad into the world , I do not wonder that they are not better ; they contain some
...
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thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are , in their general
nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our
religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the
character of ...
thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical representations are , in their general
nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our
religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the
character of ...
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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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| 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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