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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... King himself takes the pains to read it over , and to erase every line that can admit of an indecent or double meaning . This atten- tion is particularly paid to the Theatre , on account of the morals of the Royal Family . " ‡ And are ...
... King himself takes the pains to read it over , and to erase every line that can admit of an indecent or double meaning . This atten- tion is particularly paid to the Theatre , on account of the morals of the Royal Family . " ‡ And are ...
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... King Charles the First . The Stage is " the mirror of a nation's Virtue , and the enlightened and polished School of a free People . " Quoted in An Essay on the Character , Immoral and Antichristian Tendency of the Stage , By JOHN ...
... King Charles the First . The Stage is " the mirror of a nation's Virtue , and the enlightened and polished School of a free People . " Quoted in An Essay on the Character , Immoral and Antichristian Tendency of the Stage , By JOHN ...
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... King , " was a fictitious story " something like " the circum- stances of David's case , in " the murder of Uriah , " intended to excite his attention , and make him pass judgment upon himself , in the character of the rich man . 2 ...
... King , " was a fictitious story " something like " the circum- stances of David's case , in " the murder of Uriah , " intended to excite his attention , and make him pass judgment upon himself , in the character of the rich man . 2 ...
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... KING , in these solemn words , THOU , who didst touch the lips of Jesse's son , * Rapt in sweet contemplation of these fires , And set his heart in concert with the spheres ! While of thy works material the supreme I dare attempt ...
... KING , in these solemn words , THOU , who didst touch the lips of Jesse's son , * Rapt in sweet contemplation of these fires , And set his heart in concert with the spheres ! While of thy works material the supreme I dare attempt ...
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... , evidently taken from Hamlet ; the passage likewise bearing marks of circumstances derived from King John and Macbeth . Not that I suppose he really , fancied he saw his Father's Ghost ; but , having been conversant with these NOTE D. 143.
... , evidently taken from Hamlet ; the passage likewise bearing marks of circumstances derived from King John and Macbeth . Not that I suppose he really , fancied he saw his Father's Ghost ; but , having been conversant with these NOTE D. 143.
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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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