Virgil
is worth all the
Clincant
or Tinsel of
Tasso
.
But to return to the Sparrows; there have been so many Flights of them let loose in this Opera, that it is feared the House will never get rid of them; and that in other Plays, they may make their Entrance in very wrong and improper Scenes, so as to be seen flying in a Lady's Bed-Chamber, or perching upon a King's Throne; besides the Inconveniences which the Heads of the Audience may sometimes suffer from them. I am credibly informed, that there was once a Design of casting into an Opera the Story of
Whittington
and his Cat, and that in order to it, there had been got together a great Quantity of Mice; but Mr.
Rich