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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... never took much , I may almost say any , delight in the usual routine of a classical education . I remember the interest and the fulness of heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and his Brethren , and the delight with which I ...
... never took much , I may almost say any , delight in the usual routine of a classical education . I remember the interest and the fulness of heart , with which I read the story of Joseph and his Brethren , and the delight with which I ...
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... never was an instance of any one of the actors performing afterwards upon a public Stage , much less of em- bracing the profession of a player . One thing , I must say , greatly to our credit , was the care which * DR . WILLIAM BARROW ...
... never was an instance of any one of the actors performing afterwards upon a public Stage , much less of em- bracing the profession of a player . One thing , I must say , greatly to our credit , was the care which * DR . WILLIAM BARROW ...
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... never assent ; as the absolute unlawfulness of it , under all circumstances , and the impracticability of amending it to any extent . So long ago as the year 1794 , I conceived an idea of writing a work upon the Drama , with a view to ...
... never assent ; as the absolute unlawfulness of it , under all circumstances , and the impracticability of amending it to any extent . So long ago as the year 1794 , I conceived an idea of writing a work upon the Drama , with a view to ...
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... never reach them through the medium of the press only . The present undertaking may be said to recall my attention to subjects , which I now acknowledge to be wrong ; but this I do not consider as any privilege or indulgence , but ...
... never reach them through the medium of the press only . The present undertaking may be said to recall my attention to subjects , which I now acknowledge to be wrong ; but this I do not consider as any privilege or indulgence , but ...
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... never was to read or see another play . For several years , I never entered a Theatre ; and it is only lately , when con- sidering the Stage in a moral and religions point of view , that I have again witnessed the representation of a ...
... never was to read or see another play . For several years , I never entered a Theatre ; and it is only lately , when con- sidering the Stage in a moral and religions point of view , that I have again witnessed the representation of a ...
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