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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... 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 con- sisting of one of Shakspeare's Plays only , without a Farce , the ...
... 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 con- sisting of one of Shakspeare's Plays only , without a Farce , the ...
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... and publisher of plays , What are my sentiments with respect to my own ? I , by no means , excul- pate them from the general censure . They are the productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with DEDICATION . xiii.
... and publisher of plays , What are my sentiments with respect to my own ? I , by no means , excul- pate them from the general censure . They are the productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with DEDICATION . xiii.
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... respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it . The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and mature deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works written against the subject ...
... respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it . The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the result of long and mature deliberation , and formed after reading some of the most important works written against the subject ...
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... 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 this place , and the world at large ...
... 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 this place , and the world at large ...
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... respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to comfort them during their captivity in Babylon ...
... respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to comfort them during their captivity in Babylon ...
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