 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...The Flower, &c. besides, I have a prison scene, which the ladies always reckon charmingly pathetic. As to the parts, I have observed such a nice impartiality...is impossible for either of them to take offence. I hope I may be forgiven that 1 have not made my Opera throughcut unnatural, like those in vogue, for... | |
 | 1873 - 414 pages
...beggar-author shrewdly announces that in the parts he lias "observed such a nice impartiality to the two ladies, that it is impossible for either of them to take offence;" and another palpable one at the obnoxious Italian opera, where he observes, "I hope I maybe forgiven... | |
 | Sir George Grove - Music - 1879 - 802 pages
...always reckon charmingly pathetick. As to the }laj-ts I have observed such a nice impartiality to OOJ two ladies, that it is impossible for either of tHem to take offence.' The allusion in the la?t sentence to the deadly feud between Cuzzoni and Faustina, which in 1/27 divided the fashionable... | |
 | 1886 - 768 pages
...scene which the ladies always reckon charming, pathetic. As to the parts, I have shown such a charming impartiality to our two ladies that it is impossible for either of them to take offence. I hope I may be forgiven that I have not made an opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue, for... | |
 | Music - 1890 - 790 pages
...prison scene, which the ladies always reckon charmingly pathetick. As to the parte I have observed euch a nice impartiality to our two ladies, that it is...either of them to take offence.' The allusion in the laet sentence to the deadly feud between Cuzzoni and Faustina, which in 1727 divided the fashionable... | |
 | Andrew Deakin - Music - 1892 - 94 pages
...ballad-singers. I have introduced the similes that are in all your celebrated operas : The Swallow, the Moth, the Bee, the Ship, the Flower, etc. Besides...is impossible for either of them to take offence. I hope I may be forgiven, that I have not made my Opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue ;... | |
 | John Gay - Ballad opera - 1898 - 256 pages
...Prison Scene which the Ladies always reckon charmingly pathetick. As to the Parts, I have observ'd such a nice Impartiality to our two Ladies, that it...is impossible for either of them to take Offence. I hope I may be forgiven, that I have not made my Opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue;... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - Actors - 1904 - 652 pages
...the Flower, et«. Besides, I have a prison scene, which the ladies always reckon charmingly pathetic. As to the parts, I have observed such a nice impartiality...it is impossible for either of them to take offence [an allusion to the feud between Cuzzoni and Faustina in 1727]. ... I hope I may be forgiven that I... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - Actors - 1904 - 644 pages
...Flower, etc. Besides, I have a prison scene, which the ladies always reckon charmingly pathetic. AH to the parts, I have observed such a nice impartiality...it is impossible for either of them to take offence [an allusion to the feud between Cuzzoni and Faustina in 1727]. ... I hope I may be forgiven that I... | |
 | Alain René Le Sage - Ballad operas - 1912 - 294 pages
...prison Scene, which the ladies always reckon charmingly pathetic. As to the parts, I have observ'd such a nice impartiality to our two ladies, that it...is impossible for either of them to take offence. I hope I may be forgiven, that I have not made my Opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue;... | |
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I hope I may be forgiven, that I have not made my opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue; for I have no recitative... 
