A defence of the stage, or An inquiry into the real qualities of theatrical entertainments, their scope and tendency. Being a reply to a sermon ... by the rev. dr. John B. Bennett |
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... wise : why shouldest thou destroy thyself . " - Ecclesiastes , vií . 16 . " Speak evil of no man . " - Titus , iii . 2 . " Be not too hasty to erect general theories from a few particular observations . " - Dr. Isaac Watts , D. D. ...
... wise : why shouldest thou destroy thyself . " - Ecclesiastes , vií . 16 . " Speak evil of no man . " - Titus , iii . 2 . " Be not too hasty to erect general theories from a few particular observations . " - Dr. Isaac Watts , D. D. ...
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... wise and good in its own predominating qualities , on which human opinion has not been divided , and which human practice has not perverted ? If we analyze this proposition closely , it touches upon matters of in- finitely higher ...
... wise and good in its own predominating qualities , on which human opinion has not been divided , and which human practice has not perverted ? If we analyze this proposition closely , it touches upon matters of in- finitely higher ...
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... wise in practical legislation , as to denounce the pulpit , because there have been rebellious and heterodoxical preachers ; to proscribe the bench , because there have been unjust judges ; to ille- * See Dr. Johnson's Life of Congreve ...
... wise in practical legislation , as to denounce the pulpit , because there have been rebellious and heterodoxical preachers ; to proscribe the bench , because there have been unjust judges ; to ille- * See Dr. Johnson's Life of Congreve ...
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... wise to establish places of public recreation . In doing this , the sound legislator will seek for what is consistent with the cause of morality ; morals being at the same time inseparable from religion , and the whole forming ...
... wise to establish places of public recreation . In doing this , the sound legislator will seek for what is consistent with the cause of morality ; morals being at the same time inseparable from religion , and the whole forming ...
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... wise counsellors who sur- rounded the throne of Elizabeth , declared that stage - playing was not evil in itself . They dis- tinguished between the use and abuse of salutary recreations in a well governed State , and they determined to ...
... wise counsellors who sur- rounded the throne of Elizabeth , declared that stage - playing was not evil in itself . They dis- tinguished between the use and abuse of salutary recreations in a well governed State , and they determined to ...
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Página 156 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 156 - Pr'ythee, lead me in: There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.
Página 85 - Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life, which he representeth in the most ridiculous and scornful sort that may be, so as it is impossible that any beholder can be content to be such a one.
Página 8 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth ; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Página 155 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be. Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign.
Página 85 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Página 153 - Not to-day, O Lord, O, not to-day, think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard's body have interred new ; And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears, Than from it issued forced drops of blood. Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, Who twice...
Página 18 - And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Página 93 - Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good ; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation than life requires or admits, to he productive of much evil.
Página 86 - Physic (the best rampire to our often-assaulted bodies), being abused, teach poison, the most violent destroyer? Doth not knowledge of Law, whose end is to even and right all things, being abused, grow the crooked fosterer of horrible injuries?