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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... exhibited upon the stage , that those persons learn some good , and that men are not worse than they are . † The place where we are now assembled does not seem to authorize descending to particulars ; but , besides the instances to ...
... exhibited upon the stage , that those persons learn some good , and that men are not worse than they are . † The place where we are now assembled does not seem to authorize descending to particulars ; but , besides the instances to ...
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... exhibited in that light alone . " . " The far greater part of our elegant litera- ture appears to fall under the utmost weight of this condemnation . After a comparatively small * On account of the great length of this Sermon , the ...
... exhibited in that light alone . " . " The far greater part of our elegant litera- ture appears to fall under the utmost weight of this condemnation . After a comparatively small * On account of the great length of this Sermon , the ...
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... exhibited on the Stage . But it may be asked , if in one instance in a thousand , any the most distant exemplification of the like delicacy is now exhibited on the Stage ? And what a strange contrast does this produce between the ...
... exhibited on the Stage . But it may be asked , if in one instance in a thousand , any the most distant exemplification of the like delicacy is now exhibited on the Stage ? And what a strange contrast does this produce between the ...
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... exhibited in a very shocking and detestable form , by the daughter , at the instigation of the father . Calista has been seduced by Lothario . She feels shame on account of the censure of the world , which she apprehends , but feels no ...
... exhibited in a very shocking and detestable form , by the daughter , at the instigation of the father . Calista has been seduced by Lothario . She feels shame on account of the censure of the world , which she apprehends , but feels no ...
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... exhibiting the gallows , is another useful lesson to a different class of offenders . There are some instances of deaths introduced in a light and in a very pernicious manner . Of the former kind is that of Twineall , in Such Things Are ...
... exhibiting the gallows , is another useful lesson to a different class of offenders . There are some instances of deaths introduced in a light and in a very pernicious manner . Of the former kind is that of Twineall , in Such Things Are ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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