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 pages |
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Page vi
... render it more proper for public representation . My love for the Drama certainly increased with my years , and , I must speak it to my shame , interfered too much with what ought to have been the object of my studies . I say , to my ...
... render it more proper for public representation . My love for the Drama certainly increased with my years , and , I must speak it to my shame , interfered too much with what ought to have been the object of my studies . I say , to my ...
Page xi
... render any service to man- kind , I trust in Providence to preserve my own 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 ...
... render any service to man- kind , I trust in Providence to preserve my own 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 ...
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... rendering it useful . Highly as I respect Law's character , and excellent as I consider much of his writings , I cannot but consider him as dis- ingenuous in this instance , and seeming to write with prejudices . Note G. DISCOURSE II ...
... rendering it useful . Highly as I respect Law's character , and excellent as I consider much of his writings , I cannot but consider him as dis- ingenuous in this instance , and seeming to write with prejudices . Note G. DISCOURSE II ...
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... render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral 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 ...
... render it not merely an innocent amusement , but a source of rational and moral 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 ...
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... rendered subservient to the cause of goodness alone , is not an object to be passed over in silent contempt . The excellent and judicious BARROW did not disdain to make WIT the subject of a whole discourse , which was delivered ...
... rendered subservient to the cause of goodness alone , is not an object to be passed over in silent contempt . The excellent and judicious BARROW did not disdain to make WIT the subject of a whole discourse , which was delivered ...
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