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Pagina vi
... opera of Rofa- mond , which when exhibited on the Stage , was either hissed or neglected ; but , trusting that the readers would do him more justice , he publish . ed it , with an inscription to the dutchess of Marl- borough . When the ...
... opera of Rofa- mond , which when exhibited on the Stage , was either hissed or neglected ; but , trusting that the readers would do him more justice , he publish . ed it , with an inscription to the dutchess of Marl- borough . When the ...
Pagina 19
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in it's decorations , as it's only design is to gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the au- dience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in ...
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in it's decorations , as it's only design is to gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the au- dience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in ...
Pagina 20
... opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , fays the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
... opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , fays the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
Pagina 21
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whose taftes we fo ambitiously conform ourselves . The truth of it is , the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in fuch a florid form of words , and fuch tedious ...
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whose taftes we fo ambitiously conform ourselves . The truth of it is , the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in fuch a florid form of words , and fuch tedious ...
Pagina 22
... opera , that it is feared the house will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they may make their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes , so as to be seen flying in a Lady's bed - chamber , or perching upon a King's ...
... opera , that it is feared the house will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they may make their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes , so as to be seen flying in a Lady's bed - chamber , or perching upon a King's ...
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