Opera, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, not motions but gestures, and no postures but attitudes.


The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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Opera, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, not motions but gestures, and no postures but...

Opera, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, not motions but gestures, and no postures but...

Opera, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, not motions but gestures, and no postures but...

Opera, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, not motions but gestures, and no postures but...