The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... tion , to transform a pernicious 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 ...
... tion , to transform a pernicious 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 ...
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... tion . I shall not , therefore , go over the well - trodden ground of those who have inveighed , with too much justice , against the im- moral lives of too many stage professors , allowing always for some very honorable exceptions . I ...
... tion . I shall not , therefore , go over the well - trodden ground of those who have inveighed , with too much justice , against the im- moral lives of too many stage professors , allowing always for some very honorable exceptions . I ...
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... tion , is too much tempted to consider as venial the sudden and un- premeditated crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a little tame tag of morality , set to a few ...
... tion , is too much tempted to consider as venial the sudden and un- premeditated crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a little tame tag of morality , set to a few ...
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... tion , which it will be time enough to answer when the reforma- tion itself takes place . Neither ( as has been observed ) is it to the present purpose to in- sist that theatrical amusements are the most rational ; for the ques- tion we ...
... tion , which it will be time enough to answer when the reforma- tion itself takes place . Neither ( as has been observed ) is it to the present purpose to in- sist that theatrical amusements are the most rational ; for the ques- tion we ...
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... tion to return to bondage and death , rather than violate his oath . He at last extorted from them their consent ; and departed amidst the tears of his family , the importunities of his friends , the applauses of the senate , and the ...
... tion to return to bondage and death , rather than violate his oath . He at last extorted from them their consent ; and departed amidst the tears of his family , the importunities of his friends , the applauses of the senate , and the ...
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