 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 Seiten
...of elaborate writing: I admire him, but I love Shakspeare. CHAUCER AND COWLEY. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 Seiten
...hurries on his action with variety of events, and ends it in less compass than two months. 2. CHAUCER. As he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all subjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 Seiten
...Shakspeare. L CHAUCER AND COWLEV. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I Id him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 Seiten
...hurries on his action with variety of events, and ends it in less compass than two months. 2. CHAUCER. As he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Komans Virgil: he is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences ; and, therefore,... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 Seiten
...better than quote his own words. We will hear him then a little upon this subject. "As he (Chaucer) is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 Seiten
...of elaborate writing: I admire him, but I love Shakspeare. CHAUCER AND COWLEV. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...fools us young, and beggars us when old. Dry den's Prose. 159. CHAUCER AND COWLEY. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 Seiten
...of elaborate writing: I admire him, but I love Shakspeare. CHAUCER AND COWLEY. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...of it they were equal It remains that I say somewhat of Chaucer in particular. In the first place, ohn ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1834 - 320 Seiten
...him in their esteem. '• Of Chaucer, he says, as he is the father of English poetry, su [ hold htm in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held...Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good eense ; learned in all sciences; and therefore speaks proper'y on all •objects As he knew what to... | |
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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... 
