 As for operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention; I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please the eyes and the ears at the expense of the understanding; and I consider singing, rhyming and chiming heroes, and princesses...  All the Year Round - Стр. 681883Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - Страниц: 456
...finest rhymes in the world. As for operas, they are essentially too ahsurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please...and the ears At the expense of the understanding; and I consider singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses, and philosophers, as I do the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - Страниц: 408
...are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magie seene eontrived to please the eyes and the ears at the expense of the understanding ; and I eonsider singing, rhyming, and ehiming heroes, and prineesses, and philosophers, as I do the... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 438
...Opinion of Operas. — " As for Of era.!, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please the eyes and the ears, at the expense ol' the understanding ; and I consider singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses, and philosophers,... | |
 | 1825 - Страниц: 458
...essential," it would seem, to an opera; and is indifferent about all things else, so he can " contrive to please the eyes and the ears at the expense of the understanding." Chesterfield was wont, he says, to regard " singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses, and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - Страниц: 270
...finest rhymes in the world. As for Operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please the eyes arid the ears, at the expense of the understanding ; and I consider singing, rhynunrr, and chiming... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - Страниц: 574
...finest rhymes in the world. As for Operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please the eyes and the ears at the expence of the understanding ; and I consider singing, rhyming and chiming Heroes, and Princesses and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - Страниц: 764
...finest rhymes in the world. As for Operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please...and the ears, at the expense of the understanding; and I consider singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses, and philosophers, as I do the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - Страниц: 642
...finest rhymes in the world. As for Operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please...and the ears, at the expense of the understanding ; and I consider singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses, and philosophera, as I do the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - Страниц: 292
...finest rhymes in the world. As for operas, they are essentially too absurd and extravagant to mention : I look upon them as a magic scene, contrived to please...and the ears, at the expense of the understanding; and I consider singing, rhyming, and chiming heroes, and princesses and philosophers, as I do the hills,... | |
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