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critics upon a full stomach, than with a
good appetite. Several of the nuns sung,
some but indifferently, but one of them
had an excellent voice; full, rich, sweet,
and flexible, with a true shake, and ex-
quisite expression; it was delightful, and
left nothing to wish, but duration!
There is a general complaint in Eng-
land against loud accompaniments: and,
if an evil there, it is doubly such in Italy.
In the opera-house little else but the in-
struments can be heard, unless when the
baritoni or base voices sing, who are able
to contend with them; nothing but
noise can be heard through noise; a de-
licate voice is suffocated: it seems to
me as if the orchestra not only played
too loud, but that it had too much to
do.
Besides the organ in this convent for
the chorusses, there was an organ and
harpsichord together, which was likewise
played by one of the nuns; and the ac-
companiment of that instrument alone
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