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Pagina 18
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- in its Decorations , as its only Design is to A Vi gratify the Senses , and keep up an indolent At- tention in the Audience . Common Sense however re- quires , that there should be nothing in ...
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- in its Decorations , as its only Design is to A Vi gratify the Senses , and keep up an indolent At- tention in the Audience . Common Sense however re- quires , that there should be nothing in ...
Pagina 19
... Opera . Sparrows for the Opera , says his Friend , licking his Lips , what , are they to be roafted ? 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 roafted ? 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 20
... Opera of Rinaldo is filled with Thunder and Lightning , Illuminations and Fire- works ; which the Audience may look upon without catching Cold , and indeed without much Danger of be- ing burnt ; for there are several Engines filled with ...
... Opera of Rinaldo is filled with Thunder and Lightning , Illuminations and Fire- works ; which the Audience may look upon without catching Cold , and indeed without much Danger of be- ing burnt ; for there are several Engines filled with ...
Pagina 21
... Opera are taken , I must entirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one Verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or Tinsel of Taffo . BUT to return to the Sparrows ; there have been fo many Flights of them let loose in this Opera ...
... Opera are taken , I must entirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one Verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or Tinsel of Taffo . BUT to return to the Sparrows ; there have been fo many Flights of them let loose in this Opera ...
Pagina 48
... Opera in Italy , had informed their Friends , that the Lion was to act a Part in High- Dutch , and roar twice or thrice to a Thorough Base , be- fore he fell at the Feet of Hydaspes . To clear up a Matter that was so variously reported ...
... Opera in Italy , had informed their Friends , that the Lion was to act a Part in High- Dutch , and roar twice or thrice to a Thorough Base , be- fore he fell at the Feet of Hydaspes . To clear up a Matter that was so variously reported ...
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