Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage: With an Introductory Letter to Mrs.----, of -----Castle, Glamorganshire, Upon the Origin of the Drama, &c. &c. &cAuthor and J. Craggs, 1814 - 206 страници |
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... infamous , that those pious men could not but employ their greatest zeal against a thing which was so very offensive to the church . For is it not the EXCESS of plays , for instance against which Tertullian cries out * ? " Let us not ...
... infamous , that those pious men could not but employ their greatest zeal against a thing which was so very offensive to the church . For is it not the EXCESS of plays , for instance against which Tertullian cries out * ? " Let us not ...
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... infamous trade , and there , in a " word , those prostitutes are commended , in the " presence of those who ought to be ignorant of all " those things . I say nothing ( adds this father ) " of what ought to be buried in eternal silence ...
... infamous trade , and there , in a " word , those prostitutes are commended , in the " presence of those who ought to be ignorant of all " those things . I say nothing ( adds this father ) " of what ought to be buried in eternal silence ...
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... infamous practices there . We may also read some- thing of that abominable custom of their appearing naked on the theatres in St. Chrysostom , St. Jerom , and St. Augustin . The first of these does not scruple comparing those of his ...
... infamous practices there . We may also read some- thing of that abominable custom of their appearing naked on the theatres in St. Chrysostom , St. Jerom , and St. Augustin . The first of these does not scruple comparing those of his ...
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... infamous verses in his presence * ; adding at his punishment this expression . " Thou hast plunged me often into " the debaucheries of the stage , and for once I will 66 plunge thee into the depths of the sea . " used to frequent the ...
... infamous verses in his presence * ; adding at his punishment this expression . " Thou hast plunged me often into " the debaucheries of the stage , and for once I will 66 plunge thee into the depths of the sea . " used to frequent the ...
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... infamous . Suppose it true that the players become infamous by acting on the stage , I would fain know why the youth of the universities , and other persons , very prudent , and sometimes of the best quality , who , for their own ...
... infamous . Suppose it true that the players become infamous by acting on the stage , I would fain know why the youth of the universities , and other persons , very prudent , and sometimes of the best quality , who , for their own ...
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Страница 103 - 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 148 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Страница 190 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
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 201 - 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 163 - 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 201 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
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 6 - About three in the morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy, and many fell to the ground. As soon as we were recovered a little from that awe and amazement at the presence of his Majesty, we broke out with one voice, "We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
Страница 161 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.