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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I do not think that there ever was a time , in which I should not have acquiesced ,
had the Stage been represented to me in the light in which it is here set forth ;
and I could have given it up in its corrupted state , without reluctance : but , when I
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I do not think that there ever was a time , in which I should not have acquiesced ,
had the Stage been represented to me in the light in which it is here set forth ;
and I could have given it up in its corrupted state , without reluctance : but , when I
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... purpose of being represented by different persons , sustaining the different
characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting wliat we
mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that
this ...
... purpose of being represented by different persons , sustaining the different
characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting wliat we
mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that
this ...
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Even Christians are frequently represented as swearing by , appealing to , and
putting their trust in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the
corruptions of popery , making their prayers to and putting their trust in Saints and
Angels ...
Even Christians are frequently represented as swearing by , appealing to , and
putting their trust in the Gods ; or making deities of Virtues ; or , after the
corruptions of popery , making their prayers to and putting their trust in Saints and
Angels ...
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Angels , departed Spirits , the glories of Heaven , and the torments of Hell , have
all been represented to the view ; some of these , indeed , have been exhibited
according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt
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Angels , departed Spirits , the glories of Heaven , and the torments of Hell , have
all been represented to the view ; some of these , indeed , have been exhibited
according only to the corrupt ideas of heathens , but others have been an attempt
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But , let it be femembered , that these beings , though professed by many to be
imaginary , or at least that none such exist now , are , nevertheless , represented
as having “ more than mortal knowledge , ” + an absolute fore - knowledge of ...
But , let it be femembered , that these beings , though professed by many to be
imaginary , or at least that none such exist now , are , nevertheless , represented
as having “ more than mortal knowledge , ” + an absolute fore - knowledge of ...
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Informação bibliográfica
| 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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