He quickly observed, that good sentences and excellent representations of the follies of mankind met with little regard or applause, whilst sounds, without sense, threw every body into raptures:––but 'twas the fashion of the day to be musically mad, and those who were absurd enough to prefer a rational entertainment to a flimsy opera, were poor insipid beings, without taste or enthusiasm. Eliza Parsons
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In his essay, "The True-Born Englishman", Alexander Pope said, "'Tis the fashion of the day to be musically mad, and those who are absurd enough to prefer a rational entertainment to a flimsy opera, are poor insipid beings, without taste or enthusiasm. The thought that even those who have been considered as great masters of music can be considered as insipid beings is sickening.

Source: Errors Of Education

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