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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... blessings which I have experienced in my life . At a time when the world was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive it to have been in a great measure Owing to ...
... blessings which I have experienced in my life . At a time when the world was convulsed with new speculations in politics and divinity , likely to warp a young and uninformed mind , I conceive it to have been in a great measure Owing to ...
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... blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the Gentleman who was then Tutor of Clare- Hall , THE REV . JOHN DUDLEY , and likewise of my ...
... blessings I enjoyed at that time , gratitude re- quires that I should likewise mention the great advantages I derived from the friendship of the Gentleman who was then Tutor of Clare- Hall , THE REV . JOHN DUDLEY , and likewise of my ...
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... blessing upon them to that end , the " glory of God " is effectually promoted . Thus , likewise , in the article of dress , if it be used for the purposes of decent covering , of defence from the cold and from the heat , -if we do not ...
... blessing upon them to that end , the " glory of God " is effectually promoted . Thus , likewise , in the article of dress , if it be used for the purposes of decent covering , of defence from the cold and from the heat , -if we do not ...
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... blessing hath been more abused than that of strong drinks and wine . How few- how very few - are temperate as they should be , drinking only for the sake of health , or to exhilarate the heart , stopping short before the glass of excess ...
... blessing hath been more abused than that of strong drinks and wine . How few- how very few - are temperate as they should be , drinking only for the sake of health , or to exhilarate the heart , stopping short before the glass of excess ...
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... blessing of reading him- self , in his own cottage , and in his own languagė , the words of eternal life . In the question of the lawfulness of the Stage , must , in a great measure , be involved that of the profession of a Stage ...
... blessing of reading him- self , in his own cottage , and in his own languagė , the words of eternal life . In the question of the lawfulness of the Stage , must , in a great measure , be involved that of the profession of a Stage ...
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