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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... thought proper to veil from our eyes , is , surely , great impiety ; and to represent the degraded and impious ideas of a corrupt * Note C. religion as if they were true , is to embody USES AND ABUSES OF THE STAGE POINTED out . 27.
... thought proper to veil from our eyes , is , surely , great impiety ; and to represent the degraded and impious ideas of a corrupt * Note C. religion as if they were true , is to embody USES AND ABUSES OF THE STAGE POINTED out . 27.
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... thought to examine what truth or reason there is in it . The mind , without looking any farther , rests satisfied with the agreeableness of the picture , and the gaiety of the fancy : and it is a kind of affront to go about to examine ...
... thought to examine what truth or reason there is in it . The mind , without looking any farther , rests satisfied with the agreeableness of the picture , and the gaiety of the fancy : and it is a kind of affront to go about to examine ...
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... thought , and of the tide of affections , and flow of sentiment . " ( Dr. Hey's Lectures in Divinity , vol . i . p . 419. ) of two trains of thought is , in any case 48 DISCOURSE II .
... thought , and of the tide of affections , and flow of sentiment . " ( Dr. Hey's Lectures in Divinity , vol . i . p . 419. ) of two trains of thought is , in any case 48 DISCOURSE II .
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... thought is , in any case , much expected , then a sudden unexpected coincidence , may give the moral shock , and excite laughter . " * " If ( continues he ) I respect a man , I feel something answering to such an expression as this ...
... thought is , in any case , much expected , then a sudden unexpected coincidence , may give the moral shock , and excite laughter . " * " If ( continues he ) I respect a man , I feel something answering to such an expression as this ...
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... thought to be more offended by raillery than they really are ; they shew some confusion , and that is thought to be merely anger , when really it springs from various causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion ...
... thought to be more offended by raillery than they really are ; they shew some confusion , and that is thought to be merely anger , when really it springs from various causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion ...
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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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