 Tasso. •But to return to the sparrows': there have been so many flights of them let loose in this opera, that it is feared the house will never get rid -of them ; and that •in other plays they may make their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes,...  History of the opera - Side 125av Henry Sutherland Edwards - 1862Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 sider
...is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso. But to return to the sparrows : there have been •o scarce was d reared the house will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they may make their entrance... | |
 | William Hutchins Callcott - 1859 - 44 sider
...bird-calls, which were planted behind the scenes ! " There have been so many flights of these sparrows let loose in this Opera, that it is feared the house...their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes. I must inform my reader, that there is a treaty on foot to furnish the Opera of Rinaldo with an orange... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 610 sider
...tout Tor de Virgile. — Boileau, sat. ix. 175. But to return to the sparrows ; there have been wo many flights of them let loose in this opera, that...get rid of them ; and that in other plays they may make~lheir entrance in very wrong -and improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 sider
...Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso ' But to return to the sparrows; there have been flights of them let loose in this opera, that it is feared t will never get rid of them ; and that in other pla' their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes,... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878 - 542 sider
...the house would never get rid of them, and that in other plays they might make their entrance in very improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber or perching upon a king's throne. ' I am credibly informed,' he continues, ' that there was once a design of casting into an opera the... | |
 | 1878 - 588 sider
...the house would never get rid of them, and that in other plays they might make their entrance in very improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber or perching upon a king's throne. ' I am credibly informed,' he continues, ' that there was once a design of casting into an opera the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 sider
...Tasao's style. V. Notes on Travels ' pass. — G. But to return to the sparrows ; there have been uo many flights of them let loose in this opera, that it is feared the bouse will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they may make their entrance in very wrong... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 634 sider
...music proceeded from a consort of flageolets and bird-calls which were planted behind the scenes. . . . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so...never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they make their entrance in very improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber, or perching... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 sider
...music proceeded from a consort of flageolots and bird-calls which were planted behind the scenes. . . . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so...the house will never get rid of them ; and that in otner plays they make their entrance in very improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber,... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 592 sider
...music proceeded from a consort of flageolets and bird-calls which were planted behind the scenes. . . . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so...flights of them let loose in this opera, that it is fvaml the house will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they make their entrance in very... | |
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