 | George Hogarth - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...Signor Bononeini 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-dcc ! " Bononcini's Griselda, the best opera he produced in this country, was brought out in... | |
 | 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 778
...— ED.] " Some say, that Signior Bononcini Compared to Handel's a mere ninny ; Others aver, tliat to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle : Strange that," &c. III. In "N. & Q.," Vol. L, p. 245., the following passage occurs : " In the Imitation of the Second... | |
 | Victor Schoelcher - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...Signer Bononcini, Compared to Handel, is a ninny ; Whilst others say, that to him, Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee." The angry injustice of the nobles is far preferable to the injurious and empty eclecticism of this... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...Life (1749). 5 On Handel and Bononcini.^1) Some say that Signor Bononcini, Compared to Handel, 'sa mere ninny ; Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange ! that such high disputes should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee. 6 Said Celia to a reverend Dean, What reason... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...Handel and Bononcini.t™-) Some say that Signor Sononcini, Compared to Handel, 'sa mere ninny ; F Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange ! that such high disputes should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee. 6 Said Celia to a reverend Dean, What reason... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...Swift was not very partial to music. ON HANDEL AND BONONCINI. SOME say that Signor Bononcini,* Compared to Handel's a mere ninny ; Others aver that to him...Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange that such high disputes should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee. SWIFT. WITTY AND HUMOROUS. ON THE SEXES.... | |
 | 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...that Signor Bonoucini, Compared to Handel, is a ninny ; Whilst others vow that to him Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt twecdle dum and twecdlo dee." As Handel enters the "Turk's Head," at the corner of Regent Street, a... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...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 throats together squall, It may be... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...that Signor Bononcini, Compared to Handel, is a ninny ; 'While others vow that to him Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt tweedle dum and tweedle dee." But none of the figures which Mr. Haweis conjures up is so original and... | |
 | Sarah Tytler - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...that Signer Bononcini, Compared to Handel, is a niuny ; While others vow that to him Handel Is hardly fit to hold a candle. .,. Strange that such difference should be :' ! ' 'Twixt tweedle dum and tweedle dee." v But none of the figures which Mr. Haweis conjures up is so original... | |
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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. 
