The Spectator, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Pagina 13
... scene vanished : In the room of the frightful spectres there now entered a second dance of apparitions , very agreeably matched to- gether , and made up of very amiable phantoms . The first pair was Liberty with Monarchy at her right ...
... scene vanished : In the room of the frightful spectres there now entered a second dance of apparitions , very agreeably matched to- gether , and made up of very amiable phantoms . The first pair was Liberty with Monarchy at her right ...
Pagina 18
... scenes and machines which may appear childish and absurd . How would the wits of King CHARLES's time have laughed to have seen NICOLINI exposed to a tempest in robes of ermine , and sailing in an open boat upon a sea of pasteboard ...
... scenes and machines which may appear childish and absurd . How would the wits of King CHARLES's time have laughed to have seen NICOLINI exposed to a tempest in robes of ermine , and sailing in an open boat upon a sea of pasteboard ...
Pagina 19
... scenes , and to crowd several parts of the stage with sheep and oxen . This is joining together inconsistences , and making the decoration partly real and partly imaginary . I would recommend what I have here said to the directors , as ...
... scenes , and to crowd several parts of the stage with sheep and oxen . This is joining together inconsistences , and making the decoration partly real and partly imaginary . I would recommend what I have here said to the directors , as ...
Pagina 20
... scenes should be very sur- prising which were contrived by two poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . ARMIDA , as we are told in the argument , was an Ama- zonian enchantress , and poor Signior ...
... scenes should be very sur- prising which were contrived by two poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . ARMIDA , as we are told in the argument , was an Ama- zonian enchantress , and poor Signior ...
Pagina 21
... scenes , so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed - chamber , or perching upon a king's throne ; besides the inconveniences which the heads of the audience may sometimes suffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once a ...
... scenes , so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed - chamber , or perching upon a king's throne ; besides the inconveniences which the heads of the audience may sometimes suffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once a ...
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