Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage: With an Introductory Letter to Mrs.----, of -----Castle, Glamorganshire, Upon the Origin of the Drama, &c. &c. &cAuthor and J. Craggs, 1814 - 206 من الصفحات |
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... Betterton ( who lived to a very great age ) is immortalised by the polished praise of Sir Richard Steele - classical genius , embalming perishable talent ! " For he who struts his hour upon the stage , . Can scarce extend his fame for ...
... Betterton ( who lived to a very great age ) is immortalised by the polished praise of Sir Richard Steele - classical genius , embalming perishable talent ! " For he who struts his hour upon the stage , . Can scarce extend his fame for ...
الصفحة 151
... Betterton ; so much so that he occupies no small share of even the very first paper of that celebrated periodical work .. In the 71st number he again speaks highly of him , for his performing Hamlet at the advanced age of 70 . Mr ...
... Betterton ; so much so that he occupies no small share of even the very first paper of that celebrated periodical work .. In the 71st number he again speaks highly of him , for his performing Hamlet at the advanced age of 70 . Mr ...
الصفحة 152
... Betterton , ought to be " recorded with the same respect as Roscius among " the Romans . " " There is no human invention so " aptly calculated for the forming a free born people " as that of a theatre . ' " Tully reports , that the cele ...
... Betterton , ought to be " recorded with the same respect as Roscius among " the Romans . " " There is no human invention so " aptly calculated for the forming a free born people " as that of a theatre . ' " Tully reports , that the cele ...
الصفحة 153
... Betterton , 75 - Mrs . Betterton , 67 - Colley Cibber , 87 - Quin , 73- Rich , 70 - Yates , 90 - Bowman , 85 - Beard , 75 - Leveridge , 88– Macklin , 107 - Jefferson , 76 — Hull , 78 — Packer , 75 — King , 75 - Havard , 68 - Moody , 84 ...
... Betterton , 75 - Mrs . Betterton , 67 - Colley Cibber , 87 - Quin , 73- Rich , 70 - Yates , 90 - Bowman , 85 - Beard , 75 - Leveridge , 88– Macklin , 107 - Jefferson , 76 — Hull , 78 — Packer , 75 — King , 75 - Havard , 68 - Moody , 84 ...
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الصفحة 103 - 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.
الصفحة 148 - 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.
الصفحة 190 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
الصفحة 65 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
الصفحة 201 - 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.
الصفحة 163 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
الصفحة 201 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
الصفحة 56 - 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.
الصفحة 6 - About three in the morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy, and many fell to the ground. As soon as we were recovered a little from that awe and amazement at the presence of his Majesty, we broke out with one voice, "We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
الصفحة 161 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.