 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 308 σελίδες
...varieties, and probably due to the scribe who copied the MSS. P • In the first place, as he (Chaucer) is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil.' (Dryden's Preface to Tbe Fables.) 2. Some few nouns (originally forming the plural in -an) have -en,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 σελίδες
...varieties, and probably due to the scribe who copied the MSS. P ' In the first place, as he (Chaucer) is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgi1.' (Dryden's Preface to Tbe Fables.) 2. Some few nouns (originally forming the plural in -an)... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 σελίδες
...to the skies, She drew an angel down. Drydcn's Prose. 151, CHAUCER AND COWLEY. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him...same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, 01 the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 σελίδες
...to the Fables .-—1700.' (Contrast between Chaucer and Cowley.) In the first place, as he (Chaucer) is the Father of English poetry, so I hold him in...degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Eomans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 σελίδες
...to the skies, She drew an angel down. Dryden's Prose. 151, 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... | |
 | Medley, G F S - 1870 - 148 σελίδες
...manners-painting verse, Well moralised, shines through the golden cloud Of time and language. THOMSON. He is - a 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 - 1897 - 764 σελίδες
...say somewhat of Chaucer in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, fo I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 538 σελίδες
...his preface, an excellent account of tho characteristies of the original. " As Chaucer," he said, " is the father of English 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,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1872 - 384 σελίδες
...(Marsh, Origin and History of the English Language, p. 381.) • ' In the first place, as he (Chaucer) is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgi1.' (Dryden's Preface to The Fables.) 1. -i is frequently added, (a) To nouns terminating in a... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 σελίδες
...of it they were equal. It remains that I say somewhat of Chaucer in particular. 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... | |
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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... 
