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 41
עמוד ix
... opinion upon my making these Discourses public , I am well aware , that I shall have to encounter the prejudices of two very different descriptions of persons , in this attempt at reforming the Stage ; those who think the Stage does not ...
... opinion upon my making these Discourses public , I am well aware , that I shall have to encounter the prejudices of two very different descriptions of persons , in this attempt at reforming the Stage ; those who think the Stage does not ...
עמוד x
... opinion I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me with two authorities for my endeavours : " Every man ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker and Redeemer ...
... opinion I am ever happy to cite , furnishes me with two authorities for my endeavours : " Every man ( says he ) in that way to which his genius directs him , should exert his abilities in the service of his Maker and Redeemer ...
עמוד xiv
... opinion . But , where my own senti- ments differ from those of another , even of any person for whom I have the greatest respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it . The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the ...
... opinion . But , where my own senti- ments differ from those of another , even of any person for whom I have the greatest respect , I have made no scruple in expressing it . The opinions stated in these Discourses and Notes are the ...
עמוד 4
... opinion as to its uses and lawfulness . While that , and the place wherein it is per- formed , have been called by some , " A School of Virtue , " - " - " A warm incentive to virtue , and powerful preservative against vice , " and " a ...
... opinion as to its uses and lawfulness . While that , and the place wherein it is per- formed , have been called by some , " A School of Virtue , " - " - " A warm incentive to virtue , and powerful preservative against vice , " and " a ...
עמוד 11
... opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to ...
... opinion most anciently and generally entertained respect- ing this Book , was , that it was composed by Moses to comfort the Israelites during their afflictions in Egypt ; and others have supposed it to have been written by Ezekiel to ...
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