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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To EDWARD PEARSON , D.D. MASTER OF SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE , AND
VICE - CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE . Reverend and
Dear Sir , Motives , both of private regard and of public consideration , induce me
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To EDWARD PEARSON , D.D. MASTER OF SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE , AND
VICE - CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE . Reverend and
Dear Sir , Motives , both of private regard and of public consideration , induce me
...
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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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... and powerful preservative against vice , ” - and “ a perpetual source of the most
noble and useful entertainment ; ” — by others it hath been branded as the
School of Impiety , ” — “ the porch of hell , " __ " the house of the devil , " -- and -
the ...
... and powerful preservative against vice , ” - and “ a perpetual source of the most
noble and useful entertainment ; ” — by others it hath been branded as the
School of Impiety , ” — “ the porch of hell , " __ " the house of the devil , " -- and -
the ...
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... -and when we consider the farther influence of plays , from their being
published and read in the closet , - it must be acknowledged as a matter of no
trifling concern , whether their general and particular tendency be to promote vice
or virtue .
... -and when we consider the farther influence of plays , from their being
published and read in the closet , - it must be acknowledged as a matter of no
trifling concern , whether their general and particular tendency be to promote vice
or virtue .
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It hath been perverted by the devil , no doubt , to the worst of purposes , in
spreading blasphemy , vice and immorality , throughout the world ; but it is to that
, likewise , we now owe , that the Gospel hath dispelled the mental darkness ,
which at ...
It hath been perverted by the devil , no doubt , to the worst of purposes , in
spreading blasphemy , vice and immorality , throughout the world ; but it is to that
, likewise , we now owe , that the Gospel hath dispelled the mental darkness ,
which at ...
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