The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Page 11
... young men pick up their habits of thinking and their notions of morality from the playhouse , it is not , perhaps , going too far to suspect , that the principles and exam- ples exhibited on the stage may contribute , in their full ...
... young men pick up their habits of thinking and their notions of morality from the playhouse , it is not , perhaps , going too far to suspect , that the principles and exam- ples exhibited on the stage may contribute , in their full ...
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... young man witnesses the enthusiasm of admiration which such expressions excite in a transported audience , will it not operate as a kind of stimulus to him to adopt a similar conduct , should he ever be placed in similar circumstances ...
... young man witnesses the enthusiasm of admiration which such expressions excite in a transported audience , will it not operate as a kind of stimulus to him to adopt a similar conduct , should he ever be placed in similar circumstances ...
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... young woman , it will be said , who has been correctly educated , will turn with abhorrence from the unchaste scenes of a loose play . It is indeed so to be hoped ; and yet many plays which really deserve that character , escape that ...
... young woman , it will be said , who has been correctly educated , will turn with abhorrence from the unchaste scenes of a loose play . It is indeed so to be hoped ; and yet many plays which really deserve that character , escape that ...
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... young mind , the feelings are easily transplanted from the theatre to the closet ; they are made to become a standard of action , and are brought home as the regulators of life and manners . The heart being thus filled with the ...
... young mind , the feelings are easily transplanted from the theatre to the closet ; they are made to become a standard of action , and are brought home as the regulators of life and manners . The heart being thus filled with the ...
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... young persons . Let not the above eulogium be censured as too strong or too bold . In almost every library they will find his writings ; in almost every work of taste and criticism , the young reader will not fail to meet the panegyric ...
... young persons . Let not the above eulogium be censured as too strong or too bold . In almost every library they will find his writings ; in almost every work of taste and criticism , the young reader will not fail to meet the panegyric ...
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