 | John Dryden - 1898 - 148 sivua
...English poet.] 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...Romans Virgil : 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,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 sivua
...into current English. " As he is the father of English poetry," he says, "so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or...Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects." It is to Dryden's credit... | |
 | John Dryden - 1899 - 222 sivua
...manufactures. 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...Romans Virgil : 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,... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 sivua
...remarks on Chaucer— 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...Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly ou all subjects. As he knew what to say,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 348 sivua
...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 Grecians held Homer, or...Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learn'd in all 35 u. s 1 sciences; and, therefore, speaks properly on 'all subjects. As he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 350 sivua
...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 Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain ofgood sense ; learn'd in all 35 sciences; and, therefore, speaks properly on all sub^ jects. As he... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Thompson, Thomas Budd Shaw - 1901 - 862 sivua
...sincere veneration for Chaucer — " 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" — has failed to reproduce the more delicate and subtle qualities of his model. Its splendour, its... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1901 - 420 sivua
...•dayspring of the Renaissance. Dryden, who held him, as ' the father of English poetry,' ' in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil,' calls him 'a perpetual fountain of good sense' 2 ; .and indeed the Renaissance may be called the victory... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 340 sivua
...• ' In the first place, as he (Chaucerl 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's Preface to The Fables?) the young student feel disposed to make himself acquainted with the.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1904 - 196 sivua
...AS CAN NOT BE AMENDED." Putlenham. "As HE 18 THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY, SO I HOLD HIM IN THE SAME DEGREE OF VENERATION AS THE GRECIANS HELD HOMER, OR...ROMANS VIRGIL ; HE is A PERPETUAL FOUNTAIN OF GOOD SENSE." DryJen. "THE CHRONICLES or LASTING FAME SHALL EVERMORE EXTOLL THE NAME Or PATYENT GRISSELL,... | |
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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... 
