The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes, Volum 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations , as its only design is to gratify the senses , and keep up an indolent attention in the audi- ence . Common sense , however , requires , that there should be nothing in ...
... opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations , as its only design is to gratify the senses , and keep up an indolent attention in the audi- ence . Common sense , however , requires , that there should be nothing in ...
Side 18
... opera . Sparrows for the opera ! says his friend , licking his lips ; what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other ; they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
... opera . Sparrows for the opera ! says his friend , licking his lips ; what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other ; they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
Side 19
... opera be acted in it . It is no wonder that those scenes should be very sur- prising , which were contrived by two poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) ...
... opera be acted in it . It is no wonder that those scenes should be very sur- prising , which were contrived by two poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) ...
Side 20
... opera are taken , I must entirely agree with Monsieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so many flights of them let loose in this opera ...
... opera are taken , I must entirely agree with Monsieur Boileau , that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so many flights of them let loose in this opera ...
Side 39
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydaspes ; this report , though altogether groundless , so universally prevailed in the upper regions of the playhouse , that some of the most refined politi- cians in those parts of the audience ...
... opera night , in order to be killed by Hydaspes ; this report , though altogether groundless , so universally prevailed in the upper regions of the playhouse , that some of the most refined politi- cians in those parts of the audience ...
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