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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... Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of amusement ...
... Play of King Lear was performed ; and during the time that was in preparation , some friends took me to see a play in London . My love for the Drama was fixed from that time ; and while so rational and fascinating a source of amusement ...
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... 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 few plays , and read a few more . A ...
... 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 few plays , and read a few more . A ...
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... play - house , it is not perhaps going too far to suspect , that the principles and examples exhibited on the stage , may contribute in their full measure and proportion towards supplying a sort of regular aliment to the appetite ( how ...
... play - house , it is not perhaps going too far to suspect , that the principles and examples exhibited on the stage , may contribute in their full measure and proportion towards supplying a sort of regular aliment to the appetite ( how ...
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... against the horrid Blasphemies and Impieties By Collier . * Note O. + Note P. which are still used in the English Play - houses D 2 USES AND ABUSES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 35 instance, at least, is upon record of suicide ...
... against the horrid Blasphemies and Impieties By Collier . * Note O. + Note P. which are still used in the English Play - houses D 2 USES AND ABUSES OF THE STAGE POINTED OUT . 35 instance, at least, is upon record of suicide ...
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... Play - houses , " * in which nearly seven thousand instances of im- piety and immorality are noticed from the plays in use at that time , and some of which ( though in rather an amended state ) still keep a place upon the Stage . + ...
... Play - houses , " * in which nearly seven thousand instances of im- piety and immorality are noticed from the plays in use at that time , and some of which ( though in rather an amended state ) still keep a place upon the Stage . + ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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