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Pagina 27
... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- vifh in its decorations , as its only defign is to gra- tify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common fenfe , however , requires , that there fhould be nothing ...
... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- vifh in its decorations , as its only defign is to gra- tify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common fenfe , however , requires , that there fhould be nothing ...
Pagina 28
... opera . Sparrows for the opera , fays 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 firit act , and to fly about the ftage . THIS ftrange dialogue ...
... opera . Sparrows for the opera , fays 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 firit act , and to fly about the ftage . THIS ftrange dialogue ...
Pagina 29
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits , to whose taftes we so ambitiously conform our- felves . The truth of it ... opera are taken , I must entirely agree with monfieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clincant or ...
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits , to whose taftes we so ambitiously conform our- felves . The truth of it ... opera are taken , I must entirely agree with monfieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clincant or ...
Pagina 30
... opera the story of Whittington and his cat , and that in order to it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; bat Mr. Rich , the proprietor of the play - house , very prudently confidered that it would be impoffible for ...
... opera the story of Whittington and his cat , and that in order to it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; bat Mr. Rich , the proprietor of the play - house , very prudently confidered that it would be impoffible for ...
Pagina 57
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydafpes ; this report , tho'altogether groundlefs , fo univerfally prevailed in the upper regions of the play - houfe , that fome of the most refined politicians in thofe parts of the audience ...
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydafpes ; this report , tho'altogether groundlefs , fo univerfally prevailed in the upper regions of the play - houfe , that fome of the most refined politicians in thofe parts of the audience ...
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