A Defence of the Stage: Or An Enquiry Into the Real Qualities of Theatrical Entertainments, Their Scope and Tendency. Being a Reply to a Sermon Entitled "The Evil of Theatrical Amusements Stated and Illustrated" ... by the Rev. Dr. John B. Bennett. Including an Examination of the Authorities on which that Sermon is FoundedMilliken and son, 1839 - 175페이지 |
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... both writers , and in either case applies equally as a quotation from a dramatic poet . See Milton's Preface to Samson Agonistes , Doddrige's Family Expositor , & c . Page 44 . opinions are entitled to more respect than those of this 20.
... both writers , and in either case applies equally as a quotation from a dramatic poet . See Milton's Preface to Samson Agonistes , Doddrige's Family Expositor , & c . Page 44 . opinions are entitled to more respect than those of this 20.
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... respect than those of this eminent divine ; his character reflected the highest honour on the archiepiscopal chair , and his life was a true commentary on his faith . Strange as it may appear at first sight , I am willing to join ...
... respect than those of this eminent divine ; his character reflected the highest honour on the archiepiscopal chair , and his life was a true commentary on his faith . Strange as it may appear at first sight , I am willing to join ...
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... respect to the memory of those to whom I am indebted for early instruction . What- ever I may since have acquired , the seeds of knowledge and the love of reading , were there first instilled into my mind by careful and anxious teachers ...
... respect to the memory of those to whom I am indebted for early instruction . What- ever I may since have acquired , the seeds of knowledge and the love of reading , were there first instilled into my mind by careful and anxious teachers ...
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... respect and delight ; Brutus , the virtuous , the moral Brutus , thought his time not misemployed in a journey from Rome to Naples , only to see an excellent troop of comedians , and was so pleased with their performance that he sent ...
... respect and delight ; Brutus , the virtuous , the moral Brutus , thought his time not misemployed in a journey from Rome to Naples , only to see an excellent troop of comedians , and was so pleased with their performance that he sent ...
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... obtained over the minds of men , and the ad- vantages it is capable of producing . I have se- lected the following extract , with which he com- * Locke's Works , 4to . vol . iv . p . 604 . mences , as a specimen . " With respect to 86.
... obtained over the minds of men , and the ad- vantages it is capable of producing . I have se- lected the following extract , with which he com- * Locke's Works , 4to . vol . iv . p . 604 . mences , as a specimen . " With respect to 86.
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154 페이지 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
8 페이지 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
83 페이지 - Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life, which he representeth in the most ridiculous and scornful sort that may be, so as it is impossible that any beholder can be content to be such a one.
153 페이지 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be. Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign.
83 페이지 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
154 페이지 - Pr'ythee, lead me in: There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.
14 페이지 - And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
36 페이지 - l vero condito in molli versi I più schivi, allettando, ha persuaso: Così all'egro fanciul porgiamo aspersi Di soave licor gli orli del vaso; Succhi amari ingannato intanto ei beve, E dall
91 페이지 - Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good ; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation than life requires or admits, to he productive of much evil.
84 페이지 - Physic (the best rampire to our often-assaulted bodies), being abused, teach poison, the most violent destroyer? Doth not knowledge of Law, whose end is to even and right all things, being abused, grow the crooked fosterer of horrible injuries?