The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... effects which it is known to produce in that state ? For , unfortunately , this utopian good cannot be produced , until not only the stage itself has undergone a complete purification but until the audience shall be purified also . For ...
... effects which it is known to produce in that state ? For , unfortunately , this utopian good cannot be produced , until not only the stage itself has undergone a complete purification but until the audience shall be purified also . For ...
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... effect that point of union which can pro- duce pleasure ; for it must be remembered that people go to a play , not to be instructed , but to be pleased . As we do not send the blind to an exhibition of pictures , nor the deaf to a ...
... effect that point of union which can pro- duce pleasure ; for it must be remembered that people go to a play , not to be instructed , but to be pleased . As we do not send the blind to an exhibition of pictures , nor the deaf to a ...
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... effects of those which come under the description of good plays ; for from those chiefly arises the danger ( if ... effect on the feelings , and have spirit enough to deserve to become popular ; there will still remain an essential ...
... effects of those which come under the description of good plays ; for from those chiefly arises the danger ( if ... effect on the feelings , and have spirit enough to deserve to become popular ; there will still remain an essential ...
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... effect in its way , and at least equally contribute in drawing off the soul from God to the world ? I do not presume to say that the injury will be inevitable , much less that it will be irretrievable ; but I dare repeat , that it is ...
... effect in its way , and at least equally contribute in drawing off the soul from God to the world ? I do not presume to say that the injury will be inevitable , much less that it will be irretrievable ; but I dare repeat , that it is ...
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... effect could be produced from a cause so little ex- pected or intended by its author to produce it , how much more probably are similar ill consequences likely to arise from similar causes in the hands of a poet less guarded and worse ...
... effect could be produced from a cause so little ex- pected or intended by its author to produce it , how much more probably are similar ill consequences likely to arise from similar causes in the hands of a poet less guarded and worse ...
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