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Strana 27
50 Admitted to the light , wou'd you not laugh ? a N Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la . as gratify the senses , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense however requires , that there ihould be nothing ...
50 Admitted to the light , wou'd you not laugh ? a N Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la . as gratify the senses , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense however requires , that there ihould be nothing ...
Strana 28
Upon his asking him what he had upon his Thoulder , he told him that he had been buying sparrows for the opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ?
Upon his asking him what he had upon his Thoulder , he told him that he had been buying sparrows for the opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ?
Strana 29
And as for the poet himself , from whom the dreams of this opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monsieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or Tinsel of Taffo . But to return to the sparrows ; there ...
And as for the poet himself , from whom the dreams of this opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monsieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or Tinsel of Taffo . But to return to the sparrows ; there ...
Strana 30
I ain credibly inforned , ihat there was once a design of casting into an opera the story of Whittington and his cat , and that in order to it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; but Mr. Rich , the proprietor of the ...
I ain credibly inforned , ihat there was once a design of casting into an opera the story of Whittington and his cat , and that in order to it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; but Mr. Rich , the proprietor of the ...
Strana 57
Upon the first rumour of this intended combat , it was confidently affirmed , and is ftill believed by many in both galleries , that there would be a tame Lion sent from the Tower every opera night , .. in order to be killed by Hydaspes ...
Upon the first rumour of this intended combat , it was confidently affirmed , and is ftill believed by many in both galleries , that there would be a tame Lion sent from the Tower every opera night , .. in order to be killed by Hydaspes ...
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