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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Pagina iii
... manner in which the authorities against us are produced , and the strength of our defences in the host of authorities that speak in our favour . It is easy to enter into a controversy , but difficult to retire from one . " Facilis ...
... manner in which the authorities against us are produced , and the strength of our defences in the host of authorities that speak in our favour . It is easy to enter into a controversy , but difficult to retire from one . " Facilis ...
Pagina 3
... manner , which can alone lead to a satisfactory conclusion . Assailants and defenders appear to have been misled by prejudice , and blinded by enthusiasm . Overheated zeal , on the one side , has been met by unbecoming virulence on the ...
... manner , which can alone lead to a satisfactory conclusion . Assailants and defenders appear to have been misled by prejudice , and blinded by enthusiasm . Overheated zeal , on the one side , has been met by unbecoming virulence on the ...
Pagina 4
... been most generally upheld in those countries , where taste has been refined , and manners softened by the gradual influence of civilization . This is a fact which its history suffi- 6 999 ciently establishes ; but that , from its 4.
... been most generally upheld in those countries , where taste has been refined , and manners softened by the gradual influence of civilization . This is a fact which its history suffi- 6 999 ciently establishes ; but that , from its 4.
Pagina 19
... manner , and , with a chari- table feeling , remove the act altogether from the list of responsible offences , by invariably recording it as proceeding from temporary insanity . The fact is , the Scriptures do not contain a single ex ...
... manner , and , with a chari- table feeling , remove the act altogether from the list of responsible offences , by invariably recording it as proceeding from temporary insanity . The fact is , the Scriptures do not contain a single ex ...
Pagina 20
... manners . " + If the apostle had considered the drama as es- sentially vicious , and opposed to Christianity , he would scarcely , in delivering the divine oracles of God , have availed himself of the language of the Stage , however ...
... manners . " + If the apostle had considered the drama as es- sentially vicious , and opposed to Christianity , he would scarcely , in delivering the divine oracles of God , have availed himself of the language of the Stage , however ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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?