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 páginas |
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... practices to be re- strained , reformed , and replaced , by severe principles , and austerity . All this to be . accomplished amongst a people , whom the submission and tribute of the world for ages , had made wealthy , proud , and ...
... practices to be re- strained , reformed , and replaced , by severe principles , and austerity . All this to be . accomplished amongst a people , whom the submission and tribute of the world for ages , had made wealthy , proud , and ...
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... over private consciences , either in point of principle or practice , but left those matters wholly to the civil government , which made laws for their regulation , and ap- pointed magistrates for the inspection of men's manners , in 24.
... over private consciences , either in point of principle or practice , but left those matters wholly to the civil government , which made laws for their regulation , and ap- pointed magistrates for the inspection of men's manners , in 24.
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... practice the purifi- cations , and the many peculiar and minute regulations to be found in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy . Sth . " Because these plays dull and damp devotion and seriousness , which is , and ought to be , the ...
... practice the purifi- cations , and the many peculiar and minute regulations to be found in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy . Sth . " Because these plays dull and damp devotion and seriousness , which is , and ought to be , the ...
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... practice or intellectual excellence ? -Yet he is the writer of a tragedy , and his chef d'œuvres are his preface to Shakespear's works , and his prologue for the opening of Drury - lane theatre . Where will they find , in the whole ...
... practice or intellectual excellence ? -Yet he is the writer of a tragedy , and his chef d'œuvres are his preface to Shakespear's works , and his prologue for the opening of Drury - lane theatre . Where will they find , in the whole ...
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... practice . " Mr. Collier declares , " There are few of these last quotations but what are plain blasphemy , and within the LAW . They look reeking as if it were from PANDÆMO- NIUM , and almost smell of fire and brimstone . This is an ...
... practice . " Mr. Collier declares , " There are few of these last quotations but what are plain blasphemy , and within the LAW . They look reeking as if it were from PANDÆMO- NIUM , and almost smell of fire and brimstone . This is an ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 201 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.