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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 18
Página 4
... duties of your station - in short , that your numberless good qualities demand the esteem , love , and admiration of the wise , the good , and the virtuous . All these , with my opponents , pass as nothing ! Dust in the balance ...
... duties of your station - in short , that your numberless good qualities demand the esteem , love , and admiration of the wise , the good , and the virtuous . All these , with my opponents , pass as nothing ! Dust in the balance ...
Página 21
... duties , their senses were entertained , and their appetites flattered . Against a superstition thus framed for lux- ury , and contrived for sensual enjoyment , christianity was to make its way , drive out those rites , destroy a title ...
... duties , their senses were entertained , and their appetites flattered . Against a superstition thus framed for lux- ury , and contrived for sensual enjoyment , christianity was to make its way , drive out those rites , destroy a title ...
Página 23
... duties were but panders to their lusts , and most of its acts of devotion so many entertainments for their senses . The por- tion of those that embraced christianity was mortification and suffering , meeting perpetual discouragement ...
... duties were but panders to their lusts , and most of its acts of devotion so many entertainments for their senses . The por- tion of those that embraced christianity was mortification and suffering , meeting perpetual discouragement ...
Página 37
... duty , Madam , and we must perform it.The fathers have UNEQUIVOCALLY and AVOWEDLY proclaimed their opinions , violently and diametrically in opposition to the use of a stage.- Most of its succeeding adversaries have followed their mode ...
... duty , Madam , and we must perform it.The fathers have UNEQUIVOCALLY and AVOWEDLY proclaimed their opinions , violently and diametrically in opposition to the use of a stage.- Most of its succeeding adversaries have followed their mode ...
Página 52
... duty to his Maker , or suffers it to be abstracted by any pursuit , ( I care not what it be ) commits the crying and grevious sin of ingratitude . - But he who suffers an amusement to absorb his devotions , is a contemptible idiot ...
... duty to his Maker , or suffers it to be abstracted by any pursuit , ( I care not what it be ) commits the crying and grevious sin of ingratitude . - But he who suffers an amusement to absorb his devotions , is a contemptible idiot ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage Robert Mansel Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage Robert Mansel Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage ... Robert Mansel Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
Términos y frases comunes
absurdities actions actor admiration Albertus Magnus amusement ancient appear Aristotle Betterton bibliomancy book of Job character christian Chrysostom church Cicero comedy condemn corrupt Cyprian dancing declaim devil Ditto diversion divine Doctor Doncaster drama Driffield duty endeavoured ENDIANS enemies evince Father Caffaro favour feel frequently friends furnish genius give GLAMORGANSHIRE heart Heathen holy honour ignorance infamous instance invention Jeremy Collier judge lawful licentious lives Lord love-feasts Madam manner ment Methodists mind moral nature never Norwich object opinion passions pious players plays poets POMPEY Portraiture of Methodism possessing preacher present profane profession pulpit punishment puritan received religion religious Robert Mansel Romans sacred says scripture shew soul stage temerity Tertullian theatre Theatre-Royal theatrical thee Thespis thing thou tion tragedy unlawful unto vice Vide Introductory Letter virtue Wesley whole wish words writers Xenophon York and Hull
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.