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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... that “ earthly power does then shew likest God's , when mercy seasons justice ;
” + when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it
hath then been uttered with profound awe ; -- surely it cannot be said , that the ...
... that “ earthly power does then shew likest God's , when mercy seasons justice ;
” + when a pause hath been made before the word was pronounced , and when it
hath then been uttered with profound awe ; -- surely it cannot be said , that the ...
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The ” proper 6 business of Plays ( says the Author of one of the works before
mentioned ) is to recommend virtue and to discountenance vice ; to shew the
uncertainty of human ' greatness , the sudden turns of fate , ' or , as , perhaps , it is
better ...
The ” proper 6 business of Plays ( says the Author of one of the works before
mentioned ) is to recommend virtue and to discountenance vice ; to shew the
uncertainty of human ' greatness , the sudden turns of fate , ' or , as , perhaps , it is
better ...
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... of playing , says , “ whose end , both at the first , and now , was , and is , to hold
, as ' twere , the mirror up to nature ; to shew Virtue her own feature , Scorn her
own image , and the very age and body of the time , his form and pressure .
... of playing , says , “ whose end , both at the first , and now , was , and is , to hold
, as ' twere , the mirror up to nature ; to shew Virtue her own feature , Scorn her
own image , and the very age and body of the time , his form and pressure .
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... to shew , that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest ,
were the evil separated from it . I It will , however , no doubt , be said by many ,
that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i
...
... to shew , that good may be exhibited so as to interest , and would still interest ,
were the evil separated from it . I It will , however , no doubt , be said by many ,
that the Drama , under these regulations , * See Paley's Moral Philosophy , vol . i
...
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In two former discourses , I have endeayoured to point out the proper line
between the abuses and the uses of the Stage ; and purposed in the next place ,
to shew the most probable means , of keeping them separate . But the subject of
jesting ...
In two former discourses , I have endeayoured to point out the proper line
between the abuses and the uses of the Stage ; and purposed in the next place ,
to shew the most probable means , of keeping them separate . But the subject of
jesting ...
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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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