The Spectator: ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in the fcenes and machines which may appear childish and ...
... Opera may be allowed to be extravagantly la- gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in the fcenes and machines which may appear childish and ...
Strana 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 first act , and to fly about the stage . 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 first act , and to fly about the stage . This ftrange dialogue ...
Strana 29
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whofe taftes we fo ambitiously con- form ourfelves . The truth of it is ... opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one verfe in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or ...
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whofe taftes we fo ambitiously con- form ourfelves . The truth of it is ... opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one verfe in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or ...
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... opera the ftory 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 play - houfe , very prudently confider'd that it would be impoffible for ...
... opera the ftory 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 play - houfe , very prudently confider'd that it would be impoffible for ...
Strana 57
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydafpes . This report , though : altogether groundless , so universally prevailed in the up- per regions of the play - houfe , that fome of the most . refined politicians in thofe parts of the ...
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydafpes . This report , though : altogether groundless , so universally prevailed in the up- per regions of the play - houfe , that fome of the most . refined politicians in thofe parts of the ...
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