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 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 79
עמוד iii
... and design of the following work , I hope I shall be spared the imputation of egotism , if I enter somewhat at large into the history of my own mind , as far as regards my knowledge of the * Stage . My attachment to the Drama , if.
... and design of the following work , I hope I shall be spared the imputation of egotism , if I enter somewhat at large into the history of my own mind , as far as regards my knowledge of the * Stage . My attachment to the Drama , if.
עמוד vi
... was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive it to have been in a great measure owing to the sound doctrines I imbibed at these Lectures vi DEDICATION .
... was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive it to have been in a great measure owing to the sound doctrines I imbibed at these Lectures vi DEDICATION .
עמוד viii
... mind . The circum- stances of my parish , however , soon called my at- tention to the subject of convivial Songs , the result of which has been sometime before the public ; and , for some years , I wholly abstained from the amusement of ...
... mind . The circum- stances of my parish , however , soon called my at- tention to the subject of convivial Songs , the result of which has been sometime before the public ; and , for some years , I wholly abstained from the amusement of ...
עמוד ix
... mind , and , whenever , in the course of my reading or recollection , I have met with any thing connected with it , I have noted it down , till my materials have accumulated to a considerable extent . Some circumstances occurred ...
... mind , and , whenever , in the course of my reading or recollection , I have met with any thing connected with it , I have noted it down , till my materials have accumulated to a considerable extent . Some circumstances occurred ...
עמוד xi
... mind from any material contamination ; and , if I can be of any service to my fellow - creatures , in this my generation , shall trust to reap my reward , by witnessing it , both in this life , and in the next . That the work is ...
... mind from any material contamination ; and , if I can be of any service to my fellow - creatures , in this my generation , shall trust to reap my reward , by witnessing it , both in this life , and in the next . That the work is ...
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