The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
... opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend , licking his lips , what are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to fly about the stage . This strange dialogue ...
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... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whose tastes we so ambitiously conform ourselves . The truth of it is , the finest wri- ters among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words , and such tedious cir ...
... opera in a fortnight . Such are the wits to whose tastes we so ambitiously conform ourselves . The truth of it is , the finest wri- ters among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words , and such tedious cir ...
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... opera , some particulars in it .......... Reason , instead of governing passion , is often subservient to it .. 29 2482 222 2 * Rebus , a kind of false wit in vogue among the antients 59 And our own countrymen .... A rebus at Blenheim ...
... opera , some particulars in it .......... Reason , instead of governing passion , is often subservient to it .. 29 2482 222 2 * Rebus , a kind of false wit in vogue among the antients 59 And our own countrymen .... A rebus at Blenheim ...
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