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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... instruction and example ? Many passages of Scripture , which we read publicly , are of this description , and especially many of the Psalms . " * 5. The subject of Prophecy is , likewise , introduced upon the Stage ; sometimes , indeed ...
... instruction and example ? Many passages of Scripture , which we read publicly , are of this description , and especially many of the Psalms . " * 5. The subject of Prophecy is , likewise , introduced upon the Stage ; sometimes , indeed ...
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... only to write for him , who will do it in subserviency to the great ends of innocent Tale . See the Biographia Dramatica , vol . ii . Article , Christmas Note B. amusement , or profitable instruction ; —and that he is 72 DISCOURSE IV .
... only to write for him , who will do it in subserviency to the great ends of innocent Tale . See the Biographia Dramatica , vol . ii . Article , Christmas Note B. amusement , or profitable instruction ; —and that he is 72 DISCOURSE IV .
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... instruction ; —and that he is the head , or master , of a large family , or society , whose welfare is , in great measure , placed in his hands ; and that it is his duty to encourage their virtues , and repress their vices ; and that ...
... instruction ; —and that he is the head , or master , of a large family , or society , whose welfare is , in great measure , placed in his hands ; and that it is his duty to encourage their virtues , and repress their vices ; and that ...
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... instructions have improved the sentiments even of infidels , in spite of the rejection of their divine authority . † Note E. Letter VII . Note F. Foster's Essays . Essay IV . vol . ii . writers , but to those by whom writers are em- 82 ...
... instructions have improved the sentiments even of infidels , in spite of the rejection of their divine authority . † Note E. Letter VII . Note F. Foster's Essays . Essay IV . vol . ii . writers , but to those by whom writers are em- 82 ...
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... instruction , then the profession of a Player rises in importance ; and this , in some measure , depends upon the Players themselves , whose duty it is to refuse to bear any part in that which does not conduce to the benefit of mankind ...
... instruction , then the profession of a Player rises in importance ; and this , in some measure , depends upon the Players themselves , whose duty it is to refuse to bear any part in that which does not conduce to the benefit of mankind ...
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