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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... duty I then owed to my Parents and Teachers , that ought to have been my pursuit , had I possessed adequate ideas of filial obedience . At length the time arrived , when , having taken my degree in the University , it became necessary ...
... duty I then owed to my Parents and Teachers , that ought to have been my pursuit , had I possessed adequate ideas of filial obedience . At length the time arrived , when , having taken my degree in the University , it became necessary ...
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... duty incumbent upon me , And one motive with me for chusing this form for my work , has been the hope , that these Dis- courses might furnish materials to my Brethren , residing in towns where plays are performed , and so to put their ...
... duty incumbent upon me , And one motive with me for chusing this form for my work , has been the hope , that these Dis- courses might furnish materials to my Brethren , residing in towns where plays are performed , and so to put their ...
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... duty to separate the evil from the good , and to make it such as a christian may frequent . It may , however , be said , since the Stage is * Witherspoon , p . 42 , also p . 47 . Note C. become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take ...
... duty to separate the evil from the good , and to make it such as a christian may frequent . It may , however , be said , since the Stage is * Witherspoon , p . 42 , also p . 47 . Note C. become so corrupt and dangerous , why not take ...
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... duty consists . ” * As to the common impu- tation against those , who aim at amendment , of forming Eutopian schemes , there is , in fact , nothing in it . " Go on unto Perfection " ( Heb . vi . 1. ) is the language of an Apostle ; and ...
... duty consists . ” * As to the common impu- tation against those , who aim at amendment , of forming Eutopian schemes , there is , in fact , nothing in it . " Go on unto Perfection " ( Heb . vi . 1. ) is the language of an Apostle ; and ...
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... duty , to endeavour to separate the good from the evil , and to render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en ...
... duty , to endeavour to separate the good from the evil , and to render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en ...
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