The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected: With Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Том 2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... Opera . Propriety of thought is that fancy which arises • This Opera , which was performed at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset Gardens , ( as that playhouse was called after the accession of King James IF . ) was first printed in folio ...
... Opera . Propriety of thought is that fancy which arises • This Opera , which was performed at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset Gardens , ( as that playhouse was called after the accession of King James IF . ) was first printed in folio ...
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... Opera is a poetical tale or fiction , represented by vocal and instrumental " and Pope , in one of his letters to Mr. Cromwell , has adopted it . It is however certainly not only no definition , but not even a description of wit . " It ...
... Opera is a poetical tale or fiction , represented by vocal and instrumental " and Pope , in one of his letters to Mr. Cromwell , has adopted it . It is however certainly not only no definition , but not even a description of wit . " It ...
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... Opera denies the frequent use of those poetical ornaments : for vocal musick , though it often admits a loftiness of sound , yet always exacts an harmonious sweetness ; or to distinguish yet more justly , the recitative part of the Opera ...
... Opera denies the frequent use of those poetical ornaments : for vocal musick , though it often admits a loftiness of sound , yet always exacts an harmonious sweetness ; or to distinguish yet more justly , the recitative part of the Opera ...
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... Cowley , to copy him . Now , to apply this axiom to our present pur- pose . Whosoever undertakes the writing of an Opera , ( which is a modern invention , though built indeed on the foundations of ethnick worship , ) is 154 PREFACE TO !
... Cowley , to copy him . Now , to apply this axiom to our present pur- pose . Whosoever undertakes the writing of an Opera , ( which is a modern invention , though built indeed on the foundations of ethnick worship , ) is 154 PREFACE TO !
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... Operas . and Oratorios , had existence in Italy before the beginning of the seventeenth century ..... We are often told , how of musical dramas performed at Rome and Venice long before this period ; and every writer on the subject ...
... Operas . and Oratorios , had existence in Italy before the beginning of the seventeenth century ..... We are often told , how of musical dramas performed at Rome and Venice long before this period ; and every writer on the subject ...
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