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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... light in the Lord : walk as children of the light ; -proving what is acceptable unto the Lord . And have no fellowship with the unfruit- ful works of darkness , but rather reprove them . " ( v . 1-11 . ) One By the words , foolish ...
... light in the Lord : walk as children of the light ; -proving what is acceptable unto the Lord . And have no fellowship with the unfruit- ful works of darkness , but rather reprove them . " ( v . 1-11 . ) One By the words , foolish ...
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... light : " Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ; — ye blind guides , which strain at a gnat , and swallow a camel : " ( Matt . xxiii . 23 , 24. ) the " gnat and the camel were both unclean animals amongst the Jews ; the ...
... light : " Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ; — ye blind guides , which strain at a gnat , and swallow a camel : " ( Matt . xxiii . 23 , 24. ) the " gnat and the camel were both unclean animals amongst the Jews ; the ...
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... and follies of the dissipated part of the world , by setting them in that light in which they ought to be seen . * * Note B. It It may here be proper to consider , in 60 DISCOURSE III . is apt to make error too lasting; and veneration ...
... and follies of the dissipated part of the world , by setting them in that light in which they ought to be seen . * * Note B. It It may here be proper to consider , in 60 DISCOURSE III . is apt to make error too lasting; and veneration ...
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... light or profane turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it ; " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " *唐 ...
... light or profane turn ; a practice , which , as the great moralist of the last age most happily expressed it ; " a witty man despises for its triteness and facility , and which a good man shudders at , on account of its impiety . " *唐 ...
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... light for others to avoid , ) is another gross abuse of this faculty . 5. Upon the whole , then , we conclude , That wit , in its pure state , as the ornament and seasoning of conversation , is lawful . That ridicule , when employed in ...
... light for others to avoid , ) is another gross abuse of this faculty . 5. Upon the whole , then , we conclude , That wit , in its pure state , as the ornament and seasoning of conversation , is lawful . That ridicule , when employed in ...
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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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