CHAPTER XII
November 4. Numbered XIII
170. The upturned eyes of wondering mortals. Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Sc. 2.
His Devin du Village. Rousseau’s opera (1753), now best known because of the air in it called ‘Rousseau’s Dream.’
[171]. Derivis. Henri Etienne Dérivis (1780–1856), operatic singer, renowned for his powerful bass voice.
It is my vice to spy into abuses. Othello, Act III. Sc. 3.
[173]. Non sat[is] est pulchra poemata esse, dulcia sunto. Horace, Ars Poet., 99.
[174]. Madame Le Gallois. Amélie-Marie-Antoinette Legallois, born 1804. She was a favourite dancer for many years, and retired about 1839.
Nina. An Italian opera, produced at Naples, May 1787. See vol. VII. The Plain Speaker, p. 325.
Oh for a beaker full of the warm South. Keats, Ode to a Nightingale.
Gazza Ladra. A comic opera by Rossini, produced 1817.
Mombelli. Esther Mombelli (b. 1794).
Pellegrini. Félix Pellegrini (1774–1832).
[175]. The Maid and the Magpie. See vol. VII. A View of the English Stage, pp. 244, 279.