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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Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and
Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary Notes James Plumptre.
far it may be lawful for any human being to employ his whole time in
subserviency ...
Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and
Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary Notes James Plumptre.
far it may be lawful for any human being to employ his whole time in
subserviency ...
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... found out by degrees , after several corrections , each correction occasioned
by some actual inconvenience , and each rule adopted as utility appeared , and
as men could be prevailed upon sto practise it ; and the whole moulded into
some ...
... found out by degrees , after several corrections , each correction occasioned
by some actual inconvenience , and each rule adopted as utility appeared , and
as men could be prevailed upon sto practise it ; and the whole moulded into
some ...
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If it were not for this , says he , one might join with the Epicureans , who ,
disbelieving a future state , place their whole happiness in the sensual
enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die .
” But he instantly ...
If it were not for this , says he , one might join with the Epicureans , who ,
disbelieving a future state , place their whole happiness in the sensual
enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die .
” But he instantly ...
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There runs ” besides ( as it hath been admirably remarked ) through the whole
web of the Tragic Drama ( and indeed to a considerable extent likewise of the
Comic ) a prominent thread of false principle . It is generally the leading object of
the ...
There runs ” besides ( as it hath been admirably remarked ) through the whole
web of the Tragic Drama ( and indeed to a considerable extent likewise of the
Comic ) a prominent thread of false principle . It is generally the leading object of
the ...
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... I will make some general reflections on the whole . 1. And , here , again , as I
have done before , let me express a hope , that no one will think * Witherspoon ,
p . 46 . and 31 . See also R. Hill's warning , p . 5. 8 . the subject beneath the
sacred ...
... I will make some general reflections on the whole . 1. And , here , again , as I
have done before , let me express a hope , that no one will think * Witherspoon ,
p . 46 . and 31 . See also R. Hill's warning , p . 5. 8 . the subject beneath the
sacred ...
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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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