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 NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... represented to me in the light in which it is here set forth ; and I could have given it up in its cor- rupted state , without reluctance : but , when I saw persons condemning plays , and yet going to them , when I heard the profession ...
... represented to me in the light in which it is here set forth ; and I could have given it up in its cor- rupted state , without reluctance : but , when I saw persons condemning plays , and yet going to them , when I heard the profession ...
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... represented by different persons , sustaining the different characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of ...
... represented by different persons , sustaining the different characters introduced , which must always be considered as constituting what we mean by the general term Drama , yet thus much we certainly learn from it , that this form of ...
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... 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 , † It is not ...
... 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 , † It is not ...
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... 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 to embody what is re- vealed only to our faith in Scripture . To attempt to ...
... 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 to embody what is re- vealed only to our faith in Scripture . To attempt to ...
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... represented as having more than mortal knowledge , " † an absolute fore - knowledge of future events , and that they have powers more than human . To believe , that beings , possessing such power , ever existed , is contrary to what is ...
... represented as having more than mortal knowledge , " † an absolute fore - knowledge of future events , and that they have powers more than human . To believe , that beings , possessing such power , ever existed , is contrary to what is ...
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