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 Notes |
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in his address to the Athenians , quotes the saying of one of their poets , and , in
the xvth ch , of 1. Cor . ( v . 33. ) he quotes the words of the dramatic poet
Menander . Now , had he considered Dramas as so absolutely unlawful , so bad
in their ...
in his address to the Athenians , quotes the saying of one of their poets , and , in
the xvth ch , of 1. Cor . ( v . 33. ) he quotes the words of the dramatic poet
Menander . Now , had he considered Dramas as so absolutely unlawful , so bad
in their ...
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It is generally the leading object of the poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in
direct opposition to the standard of Christianity . And this is not done
subordinately , incidentally , or occasionally ; but worldly honour is the very soul
and spirit , and ...
It is generally the leading object of the poet , to erect a standard of Honour , in
direct opposition to the standard of Christianity . And this is not done
subordinately , incidentally , or occasionally ; but worldly honour is the very soul
and spirit , and ...
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As arts and sciences increased in Rome , when learning , eloquence , and poetry
flourished , LÆlius improved his social ... CÆSAR , who was an excellent Poet as
well as Orator , thought the former title an addition to his honour ; and ever ...
As arts and sciences increased in Rome , when learning , eloquence , and poetry
flourished , LÆlius improved his social ... CÆSAR , who was an excellent Poet as
well as Orator , thought the former title an addition to his honour ; and ever ...
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Hence philosophers and other gravest writers , as Cicero , Plutarch and others ,
frequently cite out of tragic poets , both to ... happening through the poet's error of
intermixing comic stuff with tragic sadness and gravity ; or introducing trivial and ...
Hence philosophers and other gravest writers , as Cicero , Plutarch and others ,
frequently cite out of tragic poets , both to ... happening through the poet's error of
intermixing comic stuff with tragic sadness and gravity ; or introducing trivial and ...
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Monsieur RAPIN affirms , That delight is the end that poetry aims at , but not the
principal one . For poetry being an art ... He lays it down for a principle , “ That ' tis
impossible to be a good poet , without being a good man . That he ( a good poet )
...
Monsieur RAPIN affirms , That delight is the end that poetry aims at , but not the
principal one . For poetry being an art ... He lays it down for a principle , “ That ' tis
impossible to be a good poet , without being a good man . That he ( a good poet )
...
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Página 140 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Página 57 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Página 126 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Página 52 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Página 47 - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference ; thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Página 191 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 53 - Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Página 104 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity, and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Página 135 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Página 140 - But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose and commanded that they which could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land, and the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
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| Título | 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 Notes |
| Autor | James Plumptre |
| Editora | F. Hodson, 1809 |
| Original de | Universidade da Califórnia |
| Digitalizado | 29 Jun 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 284 páginas |
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