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 58
עמוד iii
... nature 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.
... nature 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 xiv
... nature and the Christian Religion ; but , though they are such as I would not now send abroad into the world , I do not wonder that they are not better ; they contain some heathenism , and some false sentiment ; but , at the same time ...
... nature and the Christian Religion ; but , though they are such as I would not now send abroad into the world , I do not wonder that they are not better ; they contain some heathenism , and some false sentiment ; but , at the same time ...
עמוד 4
... nature , nor occupy too much of our time , but be merely taken as a relaxation from labour , to enable both the body and the mind to return to their duties with renewed vigour , —and , lastly , if they can be made subservient to assist ...
... nature , nor occupy too much of our time , but be merely taken as a relaxation from labour , to enable both the body and the mind to return to their duties with renewed vigour , —and , lastly , if they can be made subservient to assist ...
עמוד 6
... to affirm , " on the most mature deliberation , that the reason why there never was a well - regulated stage , is because it cannot be , the nature of the thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical re- presentations 6 DISCOURSE I.
... to affirm , " on the most mature deliberation , that the reason why there never was a well - regulated stage , is because it cannot be , the nature of the thing not admitting it ; and that theatrical re- presentations 6 DISCOURSE I.
עמוד 7
... nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the character of a christian . ” * Here , then , the matter is fairly at ...
... nature , or in their best possible state , unlawful , contrary to the purity of our religion : and that writing , acting , or attending them , is inconsistent with the character of a christian . ” * Here , then , the matter is fairly at ...
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