Some say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.' Strange all this difference should be Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. St. Nicholas - Página 520editado por - 1885Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1807 - 218 páginas
...share in his Lordship's promotion. EPIGRAM. SOME say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle : Strange ! that such diff'rence should be 'Twixt Twccdle-dum and Tweedlc-dee. PLAIN DEALING. MY verses oft displease... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 686 páginas
...SOME say, compar'd to Bononcini, Tnat Mynheer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver, that hr. to Handel h scarcely fit to hold a candle: Strange all this difference should be, Twi»t tweedle-durn and tweedle-dee1 ! AN ANECDOTE. THI French ambassador had been to wait On James... | |
| John Byrom - 1814 - 512 páginas
...EPIGRAM ON THE Feuds between Handel and Bononcini. SOME say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mjnheer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely...this difference should be, 'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee! AN ANECDOTE. THE French Ambassador had been to wait On James the First, in equipage of... | |
| Allatson Burgh - 1814 - 470 páginas
...competitors. " Compar'd with Signov Bononcini " Some say that Handel's a mere ninny ? " Others assert that he to Handel, " Is scarcely fit to hold a candle ; " Strange I that such diff 'rence there should be " 'Twixt tweedle dum, and tweedle dee I" phony, and first movement,... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...JOHN BYROM. 1691-1763. On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.* Some say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel 's but a ninny ; Others aver that...all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. *•' Nourse asked me if I had seen the verses upon Handel and Bononcini, ' not knowing... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...such a woman? BYRON. Note to Letter on Bowles. JOHN BYROM. 1691-1763. Some say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel 's but a ninny ; Others aver that...all 'this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.* As clear as a whistle. The Astrologer, Bone... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 páginas
...claw'd and canvass'd. Butler. 11 a -1. '2. n. 1. Some say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that all this diff'rence should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. J. Byrom, On the Feuds between... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...at last.t The Ltrver. JOHN BYROM. 1691-1763. OME say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely...all this difference should be Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini. t * The Lady's Resolve was a fugitive piece,... | |
| Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 páginas
...marble for ever. Wvangham. THE MUSICAL CONTEST. SOME say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny : Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt Tireedledum and Tioeedledee. — Swift. O"S MADRIGALS. WHEN two... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1885 - 506 páginas
...suggested that each of the three composers should write an act of a new opera. Handel's was incomparably superior, and his rivals became very jealous ; each...all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee ! " The three composers continued to write for the Academy until i728, when, after an unsuccessful... | |
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