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 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
עמוד xiv
... instruction has been my only object . I have not , therefore , scrupled to avail myself of the writings of others , whenever I found them to my purpose ; for I consider the taking another person's sentiments , and putting them into ...
... instruction has been my only object . I have not , therefore , scrupled to avail myself of the writings of others , whenever I found them to my purpose ; for I consider the taking another person's sentiments , and putting them into ...
עמוד 15
... instruction , " it is further objected , is a method altogether uncommanded and un- authorized in the word of God , " and we are " not to look for his blessing upon it . " * To this it may be replied , that , even sup- posing we were ...
... instruction , " it is further objected , is a method altogether uncommanded and un- authorized in the word of God , " and we are " not to look for his blessing upon it . " * To this it may be replied , that , even sup- posing we were ...
עמוד 16
... instruction , but such as are immediately pointed out by God ? The Prophets and Priests were appointed to preach the law to the people , the King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of ...
... instruction , but such as are immediately pointed out by God ? The Prophets and Priests were appointed to preach the law to the people , the King was to write a copy of it with his own hand , and the people were to attend the reading of ...
עמוד 17
... instruction , as well as of amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and commendable . The only case for doubt appears to be , where the Stage is con- sidered merely as an amusement ; and , then , how C ...
... instruction , as well as of amusement , then the profession is not only innocent , but highly useful and commendable . The only case for doubt appears to be , where the Stage is con- sidered merely as an amusement ; and , then , how C ...
עמוד 24
... instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en- deavour , in the present discourse , to point out what are the particular corruptions of the Stage , that we may know what to reject ; and the ...
... instruction . To contribute , as far as is in my power , to this desirable end , I shall en- deavour , in the present discourse , to point out what are the particular corruptions of the Stage , that we may know what to reject ; and the ...
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