[55] In a sense, all Mr. Gilbert's comic operas are burlesques, for they are full of travestie, especially of the conventionalities of grand opera and melodrama. At the same time, they cannot be called burlesques in the everyday, theatrical sense of the term.
Transcriber's Notes
Variations in spelling, accents, punctuation and hyphenation are as in the original, except in cases of obvious typographical error.
The use of upper or lower case at the beginning of abbreviated proper names (e.g. a'Beckett and A'Beckett) is inconsistent. This inconsistency has been retained.
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"whether they have borrowed from or author, I leave the reader to determine." the or has been changed to our.