Free thoughts upon Methodists, actors, and the influence of the stage; with an intr. letter upon the origin of the drama. By R. Mansel. Likewise a discourse on the lawfulness and unlawfulness of plays; by father Caffaro [translauthor and J. Craggs, 1814 - 286 страници |
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... the origin of the drama , & c . is taken from " The ancient and modern stages surveyed . " An ingenious work published in reply to Mr. Collier , dated 1699 . be conceived , much less exhibited before any people advanced 15.
... the origin of the drama , & c . is taken from " The ancient and modern stages surveyed . " An ingenious work published in reply to Mr. Collier , dated 1699 . be conceived , much less exhibited before any people advanced 15.
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... taken from the sacrifice , which was a goat ; the other from the performers , which were the peasants or villagers ; or from the nature of the entertainment itself , which was com- posed of rural music , songs , and dances . It is ...
... taken from the sacrifice , which was a goat ; the other from the performers , which were the peasants or villagers ; or from the nature of the entertainment itself , which was com- posed of rural music , songs , and dances . It is ...
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... taken sufficient root , was carefully to be covered and defended from the injuries of rude beasts , and the contagion of those rank superstitious weeds that grew about it , by which the root might be killed , or the soil infected , and ...
... taken sufficient root , was carefully to be covered and defended from the injuries of rude beasts , and the contagion of those rank superstitious weeds that grew about it , by which the root might be killed , or the soil infected , and ...
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... taken away , and their licentious practices to be re- strained , reformed , and replaced , by severe principles and austerity . All this to bet accomplished amongst a people , whom the submission and tribute of the world for ages , had ...
... taken away , and their licentious practices to be re- strained , reformed , and replaced , by severe principles and austerity . All this to bet accomplished amongst a people , whom the submission and tribute of the world for ages , had ...
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... the good old sentiment : " The single married , and the married happy . " - It must have taken place in the golden age of the poets ! But pleasant and refreshing as this - delightful matrimonial prospect is , we cannot remain longer to 31.
... the good old sentiment : " The single married , and the married happy . " - It must have taken place in the golden age of the poets ! But pleasant and refreshing as this - delightful matrimonial prospect is , we cannot remain longer to 31.
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Страница 101 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Страница 65 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Страница 56 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Страница 161 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Страница 199 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Страница 199 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
Страница 187 - For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Страница 181 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Страница 136 - ... that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.