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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... hear . In this respect the liberty of the theatre is greater than that of the pulpit . Invention in no character should be strained beyond the bounds of probability : let every thing represented have a foundation in reason and truth ...
... hear . In this respect the liberty of the theatre is greater than that of the pulpit . Invention in no character should be strained beyond the bounds of probability : let every thing represented have a foundation in reason and truth ...
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... hear likewise of Virtue , wonder - working goddess . N. III . 1. 366 , Pleasure came from heav'n . In aid to reason was the goddess sent . N. VIII . 1. 642 . Religion's all . Descending from the skies To wretched , man , the goddess ...
... hear likewise of Virtue , wonder - working goddess . N. III . 1. 366 , Pleasure came from heav'n . In aid to reason was the goddess sent . N. VIII . 1. 642 . Religion's all . Descending from the skies To wretched , man , the goddess ...
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... hear that angel sing ! Angels from friendship gather half their joy ! ) So sung Philander , as his friend went round In the rich ichor , in the gen'rous blood Of Bacchus , purple god of joyous wit , A brow solute and ever - laughing eye ...
... hear that angel sing ! Angels from friendship gather half their joy ! ) So sung Philander , as his friend went round In the rich ichor , in the gen'rous blood Of Bacchus , purple god of joyous wit , A brow solute and ever - laughing eye ...
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... hear Douglas , a Christian , addressing the stars as his Deity . Ye glorious stars ! high heav'n's resplendent host ! To whom I oft have of my lot complain'd , Hear and record my soul's unalter'd wish ! Dead or 126 NOTES ON DISCOURSE II .
... hear Douglas , a Christian , addressing the stars as his Deity . Ye glorious stars ! high heav'n's resplendent host ! To whom I oft have of my lot complain'd , Hear and record my soul's unalter'd wish ! Dead or 126 NOTES ON DISCOURSE II .
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... Hear and record my soul's unalter'd wish ! Dead or alive , let me but live renown'd ! & c . Act V. * We consider it one of the errors of popery to pray to Angels , and , I must confess , I have frequently wondered at hearing the air ...
... Hear and record my soul's unalter'd wish ! Dead or alive , let me but live renown'd ! & c . Act V. * We consider it one of the errors of popery to pray to Angels , and , I must confess , I have frequently wondered at hearing the air ...
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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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