Needless to say, it was "not equal to Mr. Handel's oratorio of Esther or Deborah."
My part did not come until late in the second part of the oratorio.
Not even his Puritanism could enjoy an unlimited diet of oratorio.
The motto of the oratorio is "Love is strong as death, and unconquerable as the grave."
The scenes themselves indicate the dramatic character of the oratorio.
The ...