 In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly...  The Biographical Magazine - Strona 101819Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - Liczba stron: 1042
...therefore, to apologize for . the following extracts : — " As he is the Father of English Poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, That the is sent, receve in buxomenesse ; The wrastlyng of this worlde askiih a falle ; Here is no... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - Liczba stron: 768
...cheap, we hold it in abhorrence, or we hold it sacred ; ' As Chaucer is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil.' DRYDEN. We maintain or support truth or error ; we maintain an influence over ourselves, or maintain... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - Liczba stron: 806
...summer's flies that fear not winter's cold. Fairfax. As Chaucer is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. Dry den. Ye Latían James, if any here, Hold your unhappy queen Amata dear ! Id. Hold such in reputation.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - Liczba stron: 342
...say somewhat of Chaucer in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 454
...Dryden says, in the preface prefixed to his Fables, — " As Chaucer is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 514
...Dryden says, in the preface prefixed to his Fables, — " As Chaucer is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - Liczba stron: 482
...say somewhat of Chaucer in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - Liczba stron: 334
...equalled them to him in their esteem. " Of Chaucer, he says, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also where to leave off; a continence which is practised... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - Liczba stron: 334
...equalled them to him in their esteem. " Of Chaucer, he says, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...all sciences; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also where to leave off; a continence which is practised... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - Liczba stron: 478
...somewhat of Chaucer in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of Eng* lish poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians hold Homer, or the Romans Virgil : he is a perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences,... | |
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