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... what Mr. W. calis airs , which were so frequently introduced in Testi's drama , written in 1636 , and recitata at Bologna in 1646 , according to the Drammaturgia , could not have been sung at so early a period of the Melodrama .
... what Mr. W. calis airs , which were so frequently introduced in Testi's drama , written in 1636 , and recitata at Bologna in 1646 , according to the Drammaturgia , could not have been sung at so early a period of the Melodrama .
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... curious and authentic information of his own , which he had received from Italy , confirming the report of Metastasio's lyric dramas , or operas , being frequently declaimed , with success , as speaking tragedies , without music .
... curious and authentic information of his own , which he had received from Italy , confirming the report of Metastasio's lyric dramas , or operas , being frequently declaimed , with success , as speaking tragedies , without music .
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Though we have found much amusement and considerable information on the subject under discussion in this book , we are obliged to own that the style is often inflated ; and that we have been frequently offended by the author's ...
Though we have found much amusement and considerable information on the subject under discussion in this book , we are obliged to own that the style is often inflated ; and that we have been frequently offended by the author's ...
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The author somewhat too frequently , perhaps , tells his readers that the letters and books which he quotes , or mentions , are lying before him ; which , unless they be very scarce and curious , is taken for granted . Sig .
The author somewhat too frequently , perhaps , tells his readers that the letters and books which he quotes , or mentions , are lying before him ; which , unless they be very scarce and curious , is taken for granted . Sig .
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... the memoir is that concerning the Vocabulary : but we feel little inclined to make small objections against an essay , in the perusal of which we have had frequent opportu . nities of admiring the author's ingenuity and learning .
... the memoir is that concerning the Vocabulary : but we feel little inclined to make small objections against an essay , in the perusal of which we have had frequent opportu . nities of admiring the author's ingenuity and learning .
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