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I'm fond of fire and crickets, and all that, A lobster salad, and champagne, and chat. BYRON. From this genteel place the reader must not be surprised, if I should convey him to a cellar, or a common porter-house. CON...
Before The Curtain
"A neat, snug study on a winter's night; A book, friend, single lady, or a glass Of claret, sandwich, and an appetite, Are things which make an English evening pass, Though certes by no means so grand a sight, As is a...
Of The Barytone
"Our Barytone I almost had forgot; * * * * * In lover's parts, his passion more to breathe, Having no heart to show, he shows his teeth."--BYRON. The Barytone of the opera is probably the most ...
Of The Opera In The Concrete
"Lord! said my mother, what is all this story about? "A cock and a bull, said Yorick--and one of the best of its kind I ever heard."--TRISTRAM SHANDY. Prince Henry. "'Wilt thou rob this leather-jerkin, crystal-button, n...
Of The Prima Donna
"Your female singer being exceedingly capricious and wayward, and very liable to accident."--SKETCH BOOK. Every body knows what a prima donna is. She is the first lady, and this is a fact apparently better known to the individual he...
Of The Primo Basso
"And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; * * * * * An Ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow." BYRON. The Primo Basso is to the primo tenore what the draught horse is to th...
Of The Suggeritore Or Prompter
"There never was a man so notoriously abused. TWELFTH NIGHT. "But whispering words can poison truth." COLERIDGE. We should be much grieved were we to let a chance of immortality at our hands go by, for our great friend...
Of The Tenore
"In short, I may, I am sure, with truth assert, that whether in the allegro or in the piano, the adagio, the largo or the forte, he never had his equal."--CONNOISSEUR. No. 130. "Famed for the even tenor of his conduct, and his ...
The Opera In The Abstract
"L'Opera toujours Fait bruit et merveilles: On y voit les sourds Boucher leurs oreilles." BERANGER. To most of the world (and we say it advisedly,) the opera is a sealed book. We do not mean a bare representation with it...
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