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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the subject beneath the sacred dignity of this place ; that which is of such
extensive , important , and often pernicious consequences , but which , I think , '
might be rendered subservient to the cause of goodness alone , is not an object
to be ...
the subject beneath the sacred dignity of this place ; that which is of such
extensive , important , and often pernicious consequences , but which , I think , '
might be rendered subservient to the cause of goodness alone , is not an object
to be ...
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One of the greatest benefits which could be rendered to a young man on his
setting out in life , would be to teach him duly to estimate the force and the effects
of ridicule ; whereby perhaps he may be preserved from being laughed out of
many ...
One of the greatest benefits which could be rendered to a young man on his
setting out in life , would be to teach him duly to estimate the force and the effects
of ridicule ; whereby perhaps he may be preserved from being laughed out of
many ...
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The author of the elegant and pious Essay « On some of the Causes by which
Evangelical Religion has been rendered unacceptable to persons of cultivated
taste , " has treated this subject in so admirable a style , that a few extracts from it
...
The author of the elegant and pious Essay « On some of the Causes by which
Evangelical Religion has been rendered unacceptable to persons of cultivated
taste , " has treated this subject in so admirable a style , that a few extracts from it
...
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which the new dispensation rendered obsolete , or declared or implied to be
wrong , should no more be regarded as belonging to the system of principles to
be henceforth received and taught , than dead bodies in their graves belong to
the ...
which the new dispensation rendered obsolete , or declared or implied to be
wrong , should no more be regarded as belonging to the system of principles to
be henceforth received and taught , than dead bodies in their graves belong to
the ...
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Some of his researches in Asia have incidentally served , in a very important
manner , the cause of religion ; but did he thiuk the last possible direct service
had been rendered to Christianity , that his accomplished mind was left at leisure
for ...
Some of his researches in Asia have incidentally served , in a very important
manner , the cause of religion ; but did he thiuk the last possible direct service
had been rendered to Christianity , that his accomplished mind was left at leisure
for ...
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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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