Leigh Hunt, “Prospectus to The Reflector, a Quarterly Magazine

Hunt remarks that the improvisatori stop their performances at interesting parts to encourage the audience to pay more for the performance to continue.

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Author:
Hunt, Leigh
Date Written:
1810
Language:
English
Publication Title:
The Reflector, A Quarterly Magazine, On Subjects of Philosophy, Politics, and the Liberal Arts
Article Title:
Prospectus to The Reflector, a Quarterly Magazine
Page Numbers:
iv
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Publisher:
John Hunt
Place of Publication:
London
Date Published:
1811

Text:

To suit the style of the ornamental part, the literary presents you with a little fashionable biography; some remarks at length on eating, drinking or dressing; an anecdote or two; a design or two for handkerchiefs and settees; a country-dance; a touch of botany, a touch of politics, a touch of criticism; a faux pas; and a story to be continued, like those of the Improvissatori, who throw down their hats at an interesting point and must be paid more to proceed.

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Published independently April 1810; reprinted in The Reflector I, October 1810-March 1811 (issued around 1 January 1811), pp. iii-ix.

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