Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers

part in Singing; and should we then wonder that the good Taste is near

lost, and that the Profession is going to Ruin? So mischievous a Pretension prevails not only among those, who can barely be said to sing, but among the meanest instrumental Performers; who, though they never sung, nor know how to sing, pretend not only to teach, but to perfect, and find some that are weak enough...