The Spectator, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Pagina 51
... opera ? In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to shew what are at pre- sent the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of ...
... opera ? In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to shew what are at pre- sent the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of ...
Pagina 52
... operas till that of this day , wherein you plainly insinuate that Signior NICOLINI and myself , have a correspondence more friendly than is consistent with the valour of his charac- ter , ' or the fierceness of mine . I desire you would ...
... operas till that of this day , wherein you plainly insinuate that Signior NICOLINI and myself , have a correspondence more friendly than is consistent with the valour of his charac- ter , ' or the fierceness of mine . I desire you would ...
Pagina 54
... opera , very much disappoint their audience on the stage . " The King of Jerusalem is obliged to come from the city on foot , instead of being drawn in a triumphant chariot by white horses , as my opera - book had promised me ; and thus ...
... opera , very much disappoint their audience on the stage . " The King of Jerusalem is obliged to come from the city on foot , instead of being drawn in a triumphant chariot by white horses , as my opera - book had promised me ; and thus ...
Pagina 55
... opera had both the same thought , and I think much about the same time , of introducing animals on their se- veral stages , though indeed with very different success . The sparrows and chaffinches at the Hay - Market fly as yet very ...
... opera had both the same thought , and I think much about the same time , of introducing animals on their se- veral stages , though indeed with very different success . The sparrows and chaffinches at the Hay - Market fly as yet very ...
Pagina 58
... opera the first night would be more afflicting to her than the death of a child .. She pitics , all the valuable part of her own sex , and calls every wo man of a prudent , modest , retired life , a poor - spirited and unpolished ...
... opera the first night would be more afflicting to her than the death of a child .. She pitics , all the valuable part of her own sex , and calls every wo man of a prudent , modest , retired life , a poor - spirited and unpolished ...
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