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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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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I have not , therefore , scrupled to avail myself of the writings of others , whenever
I found them to my purpose ; for I consider the taking another person's sentiments
, and putting them into other , and perhaps inferior language , for the purpose ...
I have not , therefore , scrupled to avail myself of the writings of others , whenever
I found them to my purpose ; for I consider the taking another person's sentiments
, and putting them into other , and perhaps inferior language , for the purpose ...
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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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3 the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress , that simplicity of style , which is
favourable to the communication of their sentiments . " * There is another of the
sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot be considered as a ...
3 the throne ; and adopt , with the pastoral dress , that simplicity of style , which is
favourable to the communication of their sentiments . " * There is another of the
sacred books , the Book of Job , which , though it cannot be considered as a ...
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... one human authority against another , I shall quote the sentiments of
Archbishop . Tillotson , an author praised by some of the greatest adversaries of
the Stage , for his See a Paper on PATRONAGE , in the Orthodox Churchman's
Magazine ...
... one human authority against another , I shall quote the sentiments of
Archbishop . Tillotson , an author praised by some of the greatest adversaries of
the Stage , for his See a Paper on PATRONAGE , in the Orthodox Churchman's
Magazine ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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