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...
"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 proba...
"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 t...
"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. "Fa...
"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...
"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...
"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...
"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 d...
"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...