 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...  Distinguished Men of Modern Times - 66. oldalszerző: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1838Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off'; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 oldal
...not only for the justness of the criticism, but because it contains a censure of Cowley. i " Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense; \ learned in...properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he also knows where to leave off; a continence, which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 oldal
...contains a censure of Cowley. " Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences j and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he also knows where to leave off; a continence, which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 oldal
...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...sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks propirly on all subjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off ; a continence... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 oldal
...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...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | 1808 - 546 oldal
...cotemporaries. " I hold Chaucer," says Dryden, " 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 sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so also he knows... | |
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