The Spectator, Zväzok 1Donaldson, 1766 |
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Strana 21
... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavifh in its decorations , as its only defign is to gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent at- tention in the audience . Common fenfe however . requires , that there fhould be nothing in ...
... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavifh in its decorations , as its only defign is to gratify the fenfes , and keep up an indolent at- tention in the audience . Common fenfe however . requires , that there fhould be nothing in ...
Strana 22
... opera . Spar- rows 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 . Spar- rows 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 23
... opera of Rinaldo is filled with thunder and lightning , illuminations , and fire- works ; which the audience may look upon with- out catching cold , and indeed without much dan- ger of being burnt ; for there are feveral engines ...
... opera of Rinaldo is filled with thunder and lightning , illuminations , and fire- works ; which the audience may look upon with- out catching cold , and indeed without much dan- ger of being burnt ; for there are feveral engines ...
Strana 24
... opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one verfe in Virgil is worth all the clincant or tiufel of Tafo . But to return to the fparrows ; there have been fo many flights of them let loofe in this opera ...
... opera are taken , I must intirely agree with Monfieur Boileau , that one verfe in Virgil is worth all the clincant or tiufel of Tafo . But to return to the fparrows ; there have been fo many flights of them let loofe in this opera ...
Strana 25
... opera pretend to equal the famous pied piper , who made all the mice . of a great town in Germany follow his mufick , and by that means cleared the place of thofe little noxi- ous animals . Before I difinifs this paper , I muft inform ...
... opera pretend to equal the famous pied piper , who made all the mice . of a great town in Germany follow his mufick , and by that means cleared the place of thofe little noxi- ous animals . Before I difinifs this paper , I muft inform ...
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