. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . st audiencesto burlesque representations at our theatres ?Not the buffoonery, but the spectacle. Theeye robbed of its natural food, seeks it in anumber of roundabout ways—but it seeks made the American people crowd toRistoris performances in New York, over andover again ? Not the novelty, not alone for thesake of being able to say that they had been there ;but for the delight to the eye in contemplatingforms of classic beauty, and the delight to theear in hearing the poetry of the most musicallanguage in the world, nobly spoken, althoug
. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . st audiencesto burlesque representations at our theatres ?Not the buffoonery, but the spectacle. Theeye robbed of its natural food, seeks it in anumber of roundabout ways—but it seeks made the American people crowd toRistoris performances in New York, over andover again ? Not the novelty, not alone for thesake of being able to say that they had been there ;but for the delight to the eye in contemplatingforms of classic beauty, and the delight to theear in hearing the poetry of the most musicallanguage in the world, nobly spoken, although butfew of the audience could understand a word. Itwas a libel upon the people to suggest that theirattending these performances was affectation; itwas an almost unconscious drawing out of that 200 ARTISTS AND ARABS. Chap. IX. natural love for the beautiful, which is implantedsomewhere, in every human breast, and which, inthis case perhaps, gave the American audience atemporary relief from smartness, and angularityof body and mind. CHAPTER
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