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 Notes |
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... censured , and yet encouraged , by attending the representations of its professors , I confess there was a contradiction , in which I could not acquiesce , and which I did not then see through . Mr. Styles , in his Essay on the Stage ...
... censured , and yet encouraged , by attending the representations of its professors , I confess there was a contradiction , in which I could not acquiesce , and which I did not then see through . Mr. Styles , in his Essay on the Stage ...
Page xiii
... censuring the compositions of others , it will , no doubt , be asked by those , who know that I have myself been a writer and publisher ... censure . They are the productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with DEDICATION . xiii.
... censuring the compositions of others , it will , no doubt , be asked by those , who know that I have myself been a writer and publisher ... censure . They are the productions of a writer more conversant with plays than with DEDICATION . xiii.
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... censuring the exhibition of Witches and Conjurers , in these days , as being likely to produce any ill effects . But , let it be remembered , that these beings , though professed by many to be imaginary , or at least that none such ...
... censuring the exhibition of Witches and Conjurers , in these days , as being likely to produce any ill effects . But , let it be remembered , that these beings , though professed by many to be imaginary , or at least that none such ...
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... censure ; and which a sense of duty and of truth , we hope , will earnestly endeavour to re- form . The first step towards reformation is to be aware of the necessity of it , and the next is to wish to carry it into effect ; were this ...
... censure ; and which a sense of duty and of truth , we hope , will earnestly endeavour to re- form . The first step towards reformation is to be aware of the necessity of it , and the next is to wish to carry it into effect ; were this ...
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... censure low buffoonery , obscenity , or what we call double meanings . * To this exposition , the opinions of many ... censuring only that which is licentious , profane , or unsea- sonable . The general tenor of the Christian's character ...
... censure low buffoonery , obscenity , or what we call double meanings . * To this exposition , the opinions of many ... censuring only that which is licentious , profane , or unsea- sonable . The general tenor of the Christian's character ...
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