The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... pleasure into a profitable entertain- ment . On these grounds ( while , perhaps , as was intimated above , it was nothing more than the indulgence of a propensity ) , I was led to flatter myself it might be rendering that inferior ...
... pleasure into a profitable entertain- ment . On these grounds ( while , perhaps , as was intimated above , it was nothing more than the indulgence of a propensity ) , I was led to flatter myself it might be rendering that inferior ...
Page 6
... pleasure which the stage possesses over every other species of public enter- tainment , it is not to be wondered at that its admirers and advo- cates , even the most respectable , should cherish a hope , that , under certain ...
... pleasure which the stage possesses over every other species of public enter- tainment , it is not to be wondered at that its admirers and advo- cates , even the most respectable , should cherish a hope , that , under certain ...
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... 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 concert , so it would be leaving the projected plan ...
... 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 concert , so it would be leaving the projected plan ...
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... pleasure . Nay , the more keen his relish for the amusement , the more exquisite his discernment of the beauties of composition or the graces of action may be , the more prudent he may perhaps find it to deny himself the gratification ...
... pleasure . Nay , the more keen his relish for the amusement , the more exquisite his discernment of the beauties of composition or the graces of action may be , the more prudent he may perhaps find it to deny himself the gratification ...
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... pleasures of love , a new era takes place in her mind , and she carries about with her an aptitude to receive any impression herself , and a constantly waking and active desire to make this impression in return . The plain and sober ...
... pleasures of love , a new era takes place in her mind , and she carries about with her an aptitude to receive any impression herself , and a constantly waking and active desire to make this impression in return . The plain and sober ...
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