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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St. Paul , the Apostle of the Gentiles , in the course of his ministry and travels ,
had planted a church at Corinth , a maritime city of great riches ; and , as riches ,
without a very deep sense of the fear of God , inevitably lead to luxury and vice ,
the ...
St. Paul , the Apostle of the Gentiles , in the course of his ministry and travels ,
had planted a church at Corinth , a maritime city of great riches ; and , as riches ,
without a very deep sense of the fear of God , inevitably lead to luxury and vice ,
the ...
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There is much in it worthy of commendation , too much , alas ! which a sense of
duty , and a regard to truth , must censure ; and which a sense of duty and of truth
, we hope , will earnestly endeavour to reform . The first step towards reformation
...
There is much in it worthy of commendation , too much , alas ! which a sense of
duty , and a regard to truth , must censure ; and which a sense of duty and of truth
, we hope , will earnestly endeavour to reform . The first step towards reformation
...
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A sense of Ridicule , or laughter , arises , ( he observes ) when two currents * of
feelings meet suddenly in the mind , striking the moral sense , and by their
concourse make an effect on the mind and so on the nerves ) resembling the
confusion ...
A sense of Ridicule , or laughter , arises , ( he observes ) when two currents * of
feelings meet suddenly in the mind , striking the moral sense , and by their
concourse make an effect on the mind and so on the nerves ) resembling the
confusion ...
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... likewise , agreeable forms and colours , —since he hath made sounds not only
for the purposes of conveying useful information , but likewise to please the
sense of hearing , -since he hath given the sense of smelling , not only to
distinguish ...
... likewise , agreeable forms and colours , —since he hath made sounds not only
for the purposes of conveying useful information , but likewise to please the
sense of hearing , -since he hath given the sense of smelling , not only to
distinguish ...
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... for the purpose of exciting mirth or laughter , a wit ; but since , such persons are
very apt to abuse this faculty , and to deviate into buffoonery , scurrility , and
indecency , it is sometimes used in a bad sense ; and from the 54 DISCOURSE III
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... for the purpose of exciting mirth or laughter , a wit ; but since , such persons are
very apt to abuse this faculty , and to deviate into buffoonery , scurrility , and
indecency , it is sometimes used in a bad sense ; and from the 54 DISCOURSE III
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| 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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