A Defence of the Drama: Containing Mansel's Free Thoughts, Extracts from the Most Celebrated Writers, and a Discourse on the Lawfulness & Unlawfulness of Plays, by the Celebrated Father CaffaroG. Champley, 1826 - 294 Seiten |
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... invented in honour to Bac- chus , and consisted of songs in his praise , music and dancing , about a sacrificed goat , intermixed with rustic raillery , suitable to the genius and temper of the boors and vil- lagers that were the ...
... invented in honour to Bac- chus , and consisted of songs in his praise , music and dancing , about a sacrificed goat , intermixed with rustic raillery , suitable to the genius and temper of the boors and vil- lagers that were the ...
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... invented at first to oblige and captivate the people , and gained its credit and authority among them by indulging their sensuality , and even gratifying their lusts ; it was augmented by degrees , by ambitious cunning men , who , to ...
... invented at first to oblige and captivate the people , and gained its credit and authority among them by indulging their sensuality , and even gratifying their lusts ; it was augmented by degrees , by ambitious cunning men , who , to ...
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... giving real height , or breath , to the human figure - full well must it be known that the cothurni , or high heeled shoes , worn by the Greek tragedians , were invented upwards of one thou- sand years before 03 7 maus fate rage ...
... giving real height , or breath , to the human figure - full well must it be known that the cothurni , or high heeled shoes , worn by the Greek tragedians , were invented upwards of one thou- sand years before 03 7 maus fate rage ...
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... invented upwards of one thou- sand years before the birth of our Saviour ! The learned father seems to have been in- defatigable upon the subject , for he has formally recorded twelve reasons against the use of a theatre . - Conceiving ...
... invented upwards of one thou- sand years before the birth of our Saviour ! The learned father seems to have been in- defatigable upon the subject , for he has formally recorded twelve reasons against the use of a theatre . - Conceiving ...
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... thing that is ill under infamy and neglect . " He further says , " The wit of man cannot invent any thing more conducive to virtue and des- tructive of vice than the drama , and I grant the ABUSE of a THING is no ARGUMENT against the 90.
... thing that is ill under infamy and neglect . " He further says , " The wit of man cannot invent any thing more conducive to virtue and des- tructive of vice than the drama , and I grant the ABUSE of a THING is no ARGUMENT against the 90.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absurdities actions actor admiration Albertus Magnus Alcibiades amusement anathe ancient Aristotle Betterton Bibliomancy book of Job characters christian Chrysostom church Cicero comedy condemn consola corruption Cyprian dancing declaim demnations devil divine drama duty endeavoured ENDIANS enemies entertainment evil evince excite Father Caffaro favour feel forbid FREE THOUGHTS frequent friends furnish genius give gospel Heathen holy honour inclination infamy instances invented Jeremy Collier judge labour lives Lord love-feasts Madam manner ment Methodists mind moral nature ness object opinion passions perusal pious play-house players plays pleasure poets POMPEY preacher prejudice present presume profane profes profession professors prove pulpit punishment Rahab received religion religious Romans Roscius sacred says scripture sion stage temerity Tertullian theatre theatrical thee ther thing thou tian tion tragedy trionical ture unlawful vice virtue Wesley whole wish words writers Xenophon
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 76 - 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.
Seite 277 - For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Seite 114 - 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.
Seite 134 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 257 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Seite 198 - 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.
Seite 278 - 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.
Seite 277 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
Seite 185 - And the whole city was filled with confusion : and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.