 | 1808 - 674 pages
...instruments which Üicv do oot seem at all to suit : Some say that signior Bononcini, Compared to Handel, *sa mere ninny. Others aver that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such différence thereshould be 'Twbtt tviadle-dum and fuieedlt-dec1. • EPIGRAM. Sound the trumpet, beat... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...instruments which they do not seem at all to wit: Some say that sigiiior Bononcini, Compared to Handel, 'sa mere ninny. Others aver that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difl'erence there should be 'Twin d-aeetllc-dum, and dweedle-dee .' EPIGRAM. Sound the trumpft, beat... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...instruments which they do not seem at all to suit : Some say that signior Bononcini, Compared to Handel, 'sa mere ninny. Others aver that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such ¿inference there should be 'Twixt tÍToeedle-dum, and d-weedle-dee ! EPIGRAM, \ Sound the trumpet,... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...Lightuing in your eye. THE MUSICAL CONTEST. SOME say, that signior Bononcmi, Compar'd to Handel, 'sa mere ninny: Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange, that snch high disputes should be 'Xwixt tiecedledum and tweedledeel SPIES, you arc lights in state, but... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...place? Is it, that the absent rose Is gone to paint her husband's nose? The Musical Contest. SWIFT. SOME say that Signior Bononcini, Compar'd to Handel's...that such difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Twecdledee! The Happy Physiognomy. You ask why Roome* diverts you wid> & jokes, Yet, if he prints,... | |
 | 1824 - 436 pages
...known epigram, " Some say that Signior Boconcini, Compared to Hundel's, a mere ninny ; Others avri, that to him Handel, Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be, 'Twixt Twedledum, and Tweedledee ! was discreditable to many high personages concerned, as the war commenced... | |
 | 1824 - 436 pages
...lines of any other Epigram that was ever written : — " Some say that Signor Bononcini, Compar'd with Handel's a mere ninny. Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a camile. Strange, that such difference should be 'ïwixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee.1' far superior... | |
 | George Hogarth - 1835 - 486 pages
...Signer Bononcini, Compared to Handel 'sa mere ninny; While others say that, to him, Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange, that such difference should be 'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee ! In 1721, the opera of Muzio Scevola was performed. It was the joint work of the three composers to... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...Signer Buononcini, Compared to Handel 'sa mere ninny ; While others say that, to him, Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt tweedle-dumand tweedle-dee!" Ariosti never got into such vogue as Buononcini did, nor gained, like... | |
 | George Hogarth - 1851 - 394 pages
...Signor Bononcini Compared to Handel 'sa mere ninny ; While others say that, to him, Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange, that such difference should be 'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee ! " Bononcini's Griselda, the best opera he produced in this country, was brought out in 1722, and... | |
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While others vow that to him Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be "Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee. 
