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The Works of Hannah More
The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes
The Works of Hannah More, Including Several Pieces Never Before Published
The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes
The Works of Hannah More
Author: Hannah More
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2015-12-06
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781347613603
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The Works of Hannah More, Including Several Pieces Never Before Published.
The Works of Hannah More
The Works of Hannah More, Vol. 1 of 4
Author: Hannah More
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-30
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780266987390
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Works of Hannah More, Vol. 1 of 4: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published So far at least our taste is reformed. And may we not venture to hope, from the affinity which should subsist between correct judgment and unal dulteratcd principle, that our ideas of truth and manly integrity are improved also? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Works of Hannah More
Author: Hannah More
Publisher: General Books
Published: 2009-08
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781458942487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1836. Excerpt: ... PREFACE TO THE TRAGEDIES. I Am desirous to anticipate a censure which the critical reader will be ready to bring forward on the apparent inconsistency between the contents of this volume, composed of dramatic pieces, and several sentiments not unfrequently introduced in some of the other volumes, respecting the dangerous tendency of certain public amusements, in which dramatic entertainments will be naturally included. The candid reader will be able to solve the paradox, when it is intimated at what different periods of life these different pieces were written. The dates, if they were regularly preserved, would explain that the seeming disagreement does not involve a contradiction, as it proceeds not from an inconsistency, but from a revolution in the sentiments of the author. From my youthful course of reading, and early habits of society and conversation, aided, perhaps, by that natural but secret bias which the inclination gives to the judgment, I had been led to entertain that common, but, as I must now think, delusive and groundless hope, that the stage, under certain regulations, might be converted into a school of virtue; and thus, like many others, inferred, by a seemingly reasonable conclusion, that though a bad play would always be a bad thing, yet the representation of a good one might become not only harmless, but useful; and that it required nothing more than a correct judgment and a critical selection, to transform a pernicious pleasure into a profitable entertainment. 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 service to society which the fabricator of safe and innocent amusements may reasonably be supposed to confer, to attempt some...
