Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... opera as scarce to give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ? ' The Spectator , No. 18 . Post , POPE , 76 . 5 [ Lintot's account book has only an entry of £ 50 . ' Smith ( Edmund ) , 1705-6 . March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus ...
... opera as scarce to give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ? ' The Spectator , No. 18 . Post , POPE , 76 . 5 [ Lintot's account book has only an entry of £ 50 . ' Smith ( Edmund ) , 1705-6 . March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus ...
Page 16
... operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard3 . In this question , I cannot but think the people in the right . The fable is ...
... operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard3 . In this question , I cannot but think the people in the right . The fable is ...
Page 53
... Opera , 1631 , p . 142 : — ' Me retinet salsis infausta Valachria terris , Oceanus tumidis quam vagus ambit aquis . Nulla ubi vox avium , pelagi strepit undique murmur , Caelum etiam larga desuper urget aqua . Flat Boreas , dubiusque ...
... Opera , 1631 , p . 142 : — ' Me retinet salsis infausta Valachria terris , Oceanus tumidis quam vagus ambit aquis . Nulla ubi vox avium , pelagi strepit undique murmur , Caelum etiam larga desuper urget aqua . Flat Boreas , dubiusque ...
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... Opera , Act iii , the brothel - house keeper says : - ' To be sure , of late years I have been a great sufferer by the parliament . Three thousand pounds would hardly make me amends . The act for destroying the Mint was a severe cut ...
... Opera , Act iii , the brothel - house keeper says : - ' To be sure , of late years I have been a great sufferer by the parliament . Three thousand pounds would hardly make me amends . The act for destroying the Mint was a severe cut ...
Page 88
... operas ' inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical Drama in our own language . He therefore wrote the opera of Rosamond , which , I Biog . Brit . ed . 1778 , i . 48 . ' The Battle of Blenheim called forth all the ...
... operas ' inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical Drama in our own language . He therefore wrote the opera of Rosamond , which , I Biog . Brit . ed . 1778 , i . 48 . ' The Battle of Blenheim called forth all the ...
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