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Pagina 35
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its Decorations , as its only De- fign is to gratifie the Sen- fes , and keep up an indo- lent Attention in the Audience . Com- mon Senfe however requires , that there fhould be nothing ...
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its Decorations , as its only De- fign is to gratifie the Sen- fes , and keep up an indo- lent Attention in the Audience . Com- mon Senfe however requires , that there fhould be nothing ...
Pagina 36
... Opera . AS I was walking in the Streets a- bout a Fortnight ago , I faw an ordinary Fellow carrying a Cage full of little Birds upon his Shoulder ; and , as I was Birds 36 The SPECTATOR . Ng . in Robes of Ermin, and failing in an ...
... Opera . AS I was walking in the Streets a- bout a Fortnight ago , I faw an ordinary Fellow carrying a Cage full of little Birds upon his Shoulder ; and , as I was Birds 36 The SPECTATOR . Ng . in Robes of Ermin, and failing in an ...
Pagina 37
... Opera . Sparrows for the Opera , fays his Friend , licking his Lips , What are they to be roasted ? -No , no , fays the other , they are to en- ter towards the End of the first Act , and to fly about the Stage . we THIS ftrange Dialogue ...
... Opera . Sparrows for the Opera , fays his Friend , licking his Lips , What are they to be roasted ? -No , no , fays the other , they are to en- ter towards the End of the first Act , and to fly about the Stage . we THIS ftrange Dialogue ...
Pagina 38
... Opera of Rinaldo is fil- led with Thunder and Lightning , Illu- minations and Fire - works ; which the Audience may look upon without catch- ing Cold , and indeed without much Danger of being burnt ; for there are feveral Engines filled ...
... Opera of Rinaldo is fil- led with Thunder and Lightning , Illu- minations and Fire - works ; which the Audience may look upon without catch- ing Cold , and indeed without much Danger of being burnt ; for there are feveral Engines filled ...
Pagina 39
... to call Mynheer Hen- del the Orpheus of our Age , and to ac- quaint us , in the fame Sublimity of Stile , that he composed this Opera in 1 a Fortnight . Such are the Wits , to whofe C 2 a N ° 5. The SPECTATOR . 39 1 ...
... to call Mynheer Hen- del the Orpheus of our Age , and to ac- quaint us , in the fame Sublimity of Stile , that he composed this Opera in 1 a Fortnight . Such are the Wits , to whofe C 2 a N ° 5. The SPECTATOR . 39 1 ...
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