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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... pieces of the ship : and so it came to pass , that they all escaped safe to land . ” ( 43 , 44. ) The Sacred Historian proceeds to inform us , that " the bar- barous people shewed us no little kindness . " — And " when Paul had gathered ...
... pieces of the ship : and so it came to pass , that they all escaped safe to land . ” ( 43 , 44. ) The Sacred Historian proceeds to inform us , that " the bar- barous people shewed us no little kindness . " — And " when Paul had gathered ...
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... pieces in which heaven is represented in a still more degrading manner ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it represented but that time . It is true , that this , and other exhibitions , are intended to expose the false religion ...
... pieces in which heaven is represented in a still more degrading manner ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it represented but that time . It is true , that this , and other exhibitions , are intended to expose the false religion ...
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... pieces more obviously censurable . The more refined and delicate the passion of love is made to appear , the more insinuating , and of course more dangerous , will the requisite and reiterated representation of that passion be found ...
... pieces more obviously censurable . The more refined and delicate the passion of love is made to appear , the more insinuating , and of course more dangerous , will the requisite and reiterated representation of that passion be found ...
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... pieces abound , too temptingly invite the high unbroken spirit of a warm youth , from admiring such sentiments to adopt them : and he is liable to be stimulated first to the commission of the crime , and after he has committed it , to ...
... pieces abound , too temptingly invite the high unbroken spirit of a warm youth , from admiring such sentiments to adopt them : and he is liable to be stimulated first to the commission of the crime , and after he has committed it , to ...
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... pieces , The King and the Miller of Mansfield , with the sequel to it , Sir John Cockle at Court , both by Dodsley , which are very interesting in themselves , have much humour , and contain some most excellent sentiments , for both the ...
... pieces , The King and the Miller of Mansfield , with the sequel to it , Sir John Cockle at Court , both by Dodsley , which are very interesting in themselves , have much humour , and contain some most excellent sentiments , for both the ...
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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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