Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 48
... turn and polishing for poetical use , that they drop several of their letters , and appear in another form , when they come to be ranged in verse . For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language , but ...
... turn and polishing for poetical use , that they drop several of their letters , and appear in another form , when they come to be ranged in verse . For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language , but ...
Page 50
... turns and motions of the face are often as agreeable as any part of the action . Could we suppose that a mask represented never so natu- rally the general humour of a character , it can never suit with the variety of passions that are ...
... turns and motions of the face are often as agreeable as any part of the action . Could we suppose that a mask represented never so natu- rally the general humour of a character , it can never suit with the variety of passions that are ...
Page 55
... turns is ocean , and by turns is land : Whether the winds in distant regions blow , Moving the world of waters to and fro : Or waning moons their settled periods keep To swell the billows and ferment the deep ; Or the tir'd sun , his ...
... turns is ocean , and by turns is land : Whether the winds in distant regions blow , Moving the world of waters to and fro : Or waning moons their settled periods keep To swell the billows and ferment the deep ; Or the tir'd sun , his ...
Page 57
... turn in the third verse that we lose by not knowing the circumstances of their story . It was the naufraga mors which destroyed them , as it had formerly united them ; what this union was is expressed in the preceding verse , by their ...
... turn in the third verse that we lose by not knowing the circumstances of their story . It was the naufraga mors which destroyed them , as it had formerly united them ; what this union was is expressed in the preceding verse , by their ...
Page 71
... turn black for some reason of the same nature , because there are none in Italy of any other breed . The river Clitumnus , and Mevania that stood on the banks of it , are famous for the herds of victims with which they fur- nished all ...
... turn black for some reason of the same nature , because there are none in Italy of any other breed . The river Clitumnus , and Mevania that stood on the banks of it , are famous for the herds of victims with which they fur- nished all ...
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