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Pagina 18
... ITALIAN OPERA RIDICULED . ITALIAN An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations , as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense , however , requires ...
... ITALIAN OPERA RIDICULED . ITALIAN An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations , as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense , however , requires ...
Pagina 20
... Italian from the first lines of his pre- face . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche sere , che se ben nato ... Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words , and such tedious circumlocutions , as are used by ...
... Italian from the first lines of his pre- face . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche sere , che se ben nato ... Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words , and such tedious circumlocutions , as are used by ...
Pagina 21
... Italians , such as CICERO and VIRGIL , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those authors much more than the modern Italians pre- tend to do . And as for the poet himself ...
... Italians , such as CICERO and VIRGIL , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those authors much more than the modern Italians pre- tend to do . And as for the poet himself ...
Pagina 48
... ITALIAN OPERA RIDICULED . THERE is nothing that of late years has afforded mat- ter of greater amusement to the town ... Italy , had informed their friends that the lion was to act a part in High - Dutch , and roar twice or thrice ...
... ITALIAN OPERA RIDICULED . THERE is nothing that of late years has afforded mat- ter of greater amusement to the town ... Italy , had informed their friends that the lion was to act a part in High - Dutch , and roar twice or thrice ...
Pagina 49
... Italian trips : it is said , indeed , that he once gave him a rip in his flesh - coloured doublet ; but this was only to make work for himself in his pri- VOL . I. C vate character of a tailor . I must not omit NO . 13 . 49 THE SPECTATOR .
... Italian trips : it is said , indeed , that he once gave him a rip in his flesh - coloured doublet ; but this was only to make work for himself in his pri- VOL . I. C vate character of a tailor . I must not omit NO . 13 . 49 THE SPECTATOR .
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