 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 466 pages
...verie. « and " and performed in recitative mufic. The original of this " mufic, and of the fcenes which adorned his works, he had " from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters, " as he imagines, from Corneille and fome French Poets." In this manner Sir William made a fhift to fupport... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 672 pages
...Recitative mujick. " The original of this mu£ck," faysDryden," and of the /cents which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas * ; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the examples of Corneille and fome French poets." If, fixty years before,... | |
 | 1795 - 420 pages
...written in verfe, and performed in recitative irmfrc. The original of this mufic, and of the fcenes which adorned his works, he had from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters, as he imagines, from Corneille and fome French poets." In this manner he made a fhift to fupport himfelf,... | |
 | 1795 - 420 pages
...virtue written in verle, and performed in recitative mufic. The origmal of this mufic, and of the fcenes which adorned his works, he had from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters, as he imagines, from Corneille and fome French poets." In this manner he made a fhift to fupport himfelf,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 pages
...performed in recitative musick.4 The original of this musick, and of the scenes5 which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the example of Corneille and some French poets. In this condition did... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...performed in recitative musick.4 The original of this musick, and of the scenes5 which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the example of Corneille and some French poets. In this condition did... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original...of this music, and of the scenes which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas; but he heightened his characters, as I may probably imagine,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...recitative Mustek. " The original of this musick," says Dryden, " and of the scenes which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the examples of Corneille and some French poets." If sixty years before,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 860 pages
...comedies as profane and unholy things ; on which, as Dryden says, Sir William Davrnant, a poet of no mean rank, was forced " to turn his thoughts another way,...imagines, " from Corneille and some French poets." This sqnare has been the residence of several eminent persons ; Sir William Mmison, Lady Finch, and her... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - 862 pages
...rank, was forced " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, written in verse, and performed in recitative music....imagines, " from Corneille and some French poets." This sqnare has been the residence of several eminent persons ; Sir William Munson, Lady Finch, and her... | |
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... writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music, and of the scenes which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the example of Corneille and... 
