Free thoughts upon Methodists, actors, and the influence of the stage; with an intr. letter upon the origin of the drama. By R. Mansel. Likewise a discourse on the lawfulness and unlawfulness of plays; by father Caffaro [translauthor and J. Craggs, 1814 - 286 頁 |
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... ( says Mr. Wesley ) 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 ...
... ( says Mr. Wesley ) 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 ...
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Robert Mansel. Forbidding , as this prospect is , I am orry to say it is the most brilliant we shall njoy in this intended pilgrimage , -When we quit clasical ground we shall have to ssociate with strange beings , some of whom will ...
Robert Mansel. Forbidding , as this prospect is , I am orry to say it is the most brilliant we shall njoy in this intended pilgrimage , -When we quit clasical ground we shall have to ssociate with strange beings , some of whom will ...
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... , Seneca , Cicero , Livy , and a longtrain of & c's . frightful to enumerate . Be not alarmed there's nothing in a name- " tush , tush , scare BOYS with BUGS . " - Plato says , " Plays raise the passions and pervert the use of 28.
... , Seneca , Cicero , Livy , and a longtrain of & c's . frightful to enumerate . Be not alarmed there's nothing in a name- " tush , tush , scare BOYS with BUGS . " - Plato says , " Plays raise the passions and pervert the use of 28.
第 34 頁
... says " The good and evil in a state depend greatly on the MUSIC , that is most encou- raged in it . If it be too light and wanton , the people are insensibly rendered foolish and disorderly . If , on the contrary , it be grave and ...
... says " The good and evil in a state depend greatly on the MUSIC , that is most encou- raged in it . If it be too light and wanton , the people are insensibly rendered foolish and disorderly . If , on the contrary , it be grave and ...
第 38 頁
... , and inca- pacitate them for judges ; St. Augustin , St. Chrysostom , St. Cyprian , and Tertullian are the great authorities from whence our modern devotees draw their invectives . St. Augustin says , " That the stage was introduced 38.
... , and inca- pacitate them for judges ; St. Augustin , St. Chrysostom , St. Cyprian , and Tertullian are the great authorities from whence our modern devotees draw their invectives . St. Augustin says , " That the stage was introduced 38.
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第 146 頁 - 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.
第 101 頁 - 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.
第 65 頁 - 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.
第 56 頁 - 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.
第 161 頁 - 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.
第 199 頁 - 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.
第 199 頁 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
第 187 頁 - For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
第 181 頁 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
第 136 頁 - ... that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.