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AN
ESSAY
ON THE
OPERA’s
After the Italian Manner,
Which are about to be Eſtabliſh’d on the
ENGLISH STAGE:
With ſome Reflections on the Damage which
they may bring to the Publick.
By Mr. Dennis.
Negat enim Mutari poſſe Muſicas Leges ſine Mutatione
Legum Publicarum.
Cic. De Legibus Lib. 2.
LONDON,
Printed for, and to be Sold by John Nutt near
Stationer’s-Hall. 1706.
