| Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 頁
...and Venus " was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions wem so happily expressed, and the whole story so intelligibly...distrust of its reception, we durst not venture to decoiate it with any extraordinary expense of scenes or habits ; but upon the success of this attempt,... | |
| Dutton Cook - 1876 - 348 頁
...than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions were so...and the whole story so intelligibly told by a mute narrative of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational... | |
| Dutton Cook - 1876 - 344 頁
...the passions were so happily expressed, and the whole story so intelligibly told by a mute narrative of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed...it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment." This was certainly a ballet of action, and it is remarkable that the production involved but a small... | |
| 1888 - 984 頁
...Venus, which was still in dumb-show ; for he describes it as " form'd into a connected Presentation of Dances in Character, wherein the Passions were so...Narration of Gesture- only, that even thinking Spectators allow'd it both a pleasing and a rational Entertainment." There is nothing to show that Harlequin and... | |
| George Henry Nettleton - 1914 - 396 頁
...than Motion without Meaning, the Fable of Mars and Venus was form'd into a connected Presentation of Dances in Character, wherein the Passions were so...Narration of Gesture only, that even thinking Spectators allow'd it both a pleasing and a rational Entertainment. . . . From this original Hint then (but every... | |
| Joyce Kilmer - 1921 - 328 頁
...representation of the legend of Venus and Mars, he said that it was "form'd into a connected presentation of Dances in Character, wherein the Passions were so...Narration of Gesture only, that even thinking Spectators allow'd it both a pleasing and rational Entertainment." It was this "pleasing and rational Entertainment"... | |
| Maurice Willson Disher - 1925 - 484 頁
...attention in his "Apology": The fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions were so happily expressed, and the whole story was so intelligibly told, by a mute narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed... | |
| D. M. E. Habbema - 1928 - 214 頁
...than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions were so...story so intelligibly told by a mute narration of gestures only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment;... | |
| Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, Selma Jeanne Cohen, Roger H. Lonsdale - 1960 - 80 頁
...than Motion without Meaning, the Fable of Mars and Venus was form'd into a connected Presentation of Dances in Character, wherein the Passions were so...Narration of Gesture only, that even thinking Spectators allow'd it both a pleasing and a rational Entertainment 28 The libretto of Mars and Venus is remarkable... | |
| Lincoln Kirstein - 1984 - 308 頁
...dancing. The Loves of Mars and Venus was, according to Colley Cibber, "a collected presentation of dances in character, wherein the Passions were so happily expressed, and the whole story so intelligently told by the mute narration of gesture only, that even thinking Spectators allowed it... | |
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