 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
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 308 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... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 sider
...proceeded from a consort of flageolets and bird-calls which were planted behind the scenes. . . . B'lt to return to the sparrows ; there have been so many...never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they make their entrance in very improner. scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber, or perchina... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 sider
...music proceeded from a consort of flageolets and bird-calls which were planted behind the seines. . . . But to return to the sparrows ; there have been so...it is feared the house will never get rid of them ; ami that in other plays they in:ike their entrance in very improper scenes, so as to be seen flying... | |
 | William Minto - 1895 - 578 sider
...flageolets and bird-calls which were planted behind the scenes. . . . But to return to the sparrow? ; there have been so many flights of them let loose...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... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1895 - 390 sider
...in the opera that it is feared the house will never get rid of them ; and that in other plays they make their entrance in very wrong and improper scenes,...lady's bed-chamber, or perching upon a king's throne. I am credibly informed that there was once a design of casting into an opera the story of Whittington... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 392 sider
...agree with Monsieur Boileaut that one verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or No, Tinsel of Tasso, But to return to the Sparrows ; there have been so...so as to be seen flying in a Lady's Bed/Chamber, or pearching upon a King's Throne; besides the Inconveniencies which the Heads of the Audience may sometimes... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 490 sider
...agree with Monsieur Boileau,1 that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant, or tinsel, of Tasso. But to return to the sparrows. There have been so...and that in other plays they may make their entrance J in very wrong and improper scenes, so as to be seen flying in a lady's bed-chamber, or perching upon... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1915 - 710 sider
...Monsieur Boileau, that that one verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or No. 5. Tinsel of Tasso. But to return to the Sparrows ; there have been so...improper Scenes, so as to be seen flying in a Lady's BedXDhamber, or pearching upon a King's Throne ; besides the Inconveniencies which the Heads of the... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 sider
...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...wrong and improper scenes, so as to be seen flying into a lady's bed-chamber, or perching upon a king's throne; besides the inconveniences which the heads... | |
 | Enrico Fubini - 1994 - 436 sider
...agree with Monsieur Boileau, that one Verse in Virgil, is worth all the Clincantoi Tinsel of Tasso.4 But to return to the Sparrows; there have been so many Flights of diem let loose in this Opera, that it is feared the House will never get rid of them; and that in other... | |
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