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 respect to the School of which I am now speaking , it is but justice to say ,
that , coming only once in three years , being got up chiefly out of school hours ,
and consisting of one of Shakspeare's Plays only , without a Farce , the chief ...
With respect to the School of which I am now speaking , it is but justice to say ,
that , coming only once in three years , being got up chiefly out of school hours ,
and consisting of one of Shakspeare's Plays only , without a Farce , the chief ...
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While I have been thus free in censuring the compositions of others , it will , no
doubt , be asked by those , who know that I have myself been a writer and
publisher of plays , What are my sentiments with respect to my own ? I , by no
means ...
While I have been thus free in censuring the compositions of others , it will , no
doubt , be asked by those , who know that I have myself been a writer and
publisher of plays , What are my sentiments with respect to my own ? I , by no
means ...
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But , where my own sentiments differ from those of another , even of any person
for whom I have the greatest respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it .
The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and ...
But , where my own sentiments differ from those of another , even of any person
for whom I have the greatest respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it .
The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and ...
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With sentiments of the warmest gratitude and respect to you , my Dear Sir , for the
kindness you have shewn me on this and other occasions ; and wishing you
many years of health and happiness , not only on your own account , but that we ,
in ...
With sentiments of the warmest gratitude and respect to you , my Dear Sir , for the
kindness you have shewn me on this and other occasions ; and wishing you
many years of health and happiness , not only on your own account , but that we ,
in ...
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... the historical parts at the beginning and the end are a kind of prologue and
epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the
poetical parts . " I The opinion most anciently and generally entertained
respecting ...
... the historical parts at the beginning and the end are a kind of prologue and
epilogue , which , like those of the ancients , are plain narrations , illustrating the
poetical parts . " I The opinion most anciently and generally entertained
respecting ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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