Note 79 — Chapter XV · MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT THE LONDON OPERA, HALF A CENTURY SINCE.
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After receiving, the first year she sang in London, two thousand guineas, (five hundred more than was paid to Banti,) she declared that her price was ridiculously low, and that to retain her "ci voglioni molte mila lira sterline." She demanded and obtained five thousand.