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Charles Burney The Present State of Music in France and Italy (2nd, corrected edition) London: T. Becket and Co., 1773 Naples |
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* The Italians have long given up those puerile representations of flying gods and goddesses, of which the French are still so fond and so vain. |
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† If the characters are fewer, the dresses must be so, of course. |
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‡ Voyage d'un Françoise. Tom. vi. |
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