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 NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... whole time in subserviency merely to the amusement of mankind , is the question to be determined . Together with the divine , who watches for the souls of mankind , the physician , who administers to the diseases of the body , and the ...
... whole time in subserviency merely to the amusement of mankind , is the question to be determined . Together with the divine , who watches for the souls of mankind , the physician , who administers to the diseases of the body , and the ...
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... correction occasioned by some actual incon- venience , and each rule adopted as utility appeared , and as men could be prevailed upon to practise it ; and the whole moulded into some form , in which it can be plainly seen 20 DISCOURSE I ,
... correction occasioned by some actual incon- venience , and each rule adopted as utility appeared , and as men could be prevailed upon to practise it ; and the whole moulded into some form , in which it can be plainly seen 20 DISCOURSE I ,
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... whole happiness in the sensual enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die . " But he instantly breaks out into this awful warning , " Be not deceived : evil communica- tions corrupt good manners ...
... whole happiness in the sensual enjoyments of this world , and say , " Let us eat and drink , for to - morrow we die . " But he instantly breaks out into this awful warning , " Be not deceived : evil communica- tions corrupt good manners ...
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... 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 poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in direct opposition to ...
... 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 poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in direct opposition to ...
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... whole . 1. And , here , again , as I have done before , let me express a hope , that no one will think * Witherspoon , p . 46. See also R. Hill's warning , p . 5. 8 . and 31 . the subject beneath the sacred dignity of this place ; ON ...
... whole . 1. And , here , again , as I have done before , let me express a hope , that no one will think * Witherspoon , p . 46. See also R. Hill's warning , p . 5. 8 . and 31 . the subject beneath the sacred dignity of this place ; ON ...
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