| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1795 - 322 sivua
...though not perfeft. It is true, I cannot go fo far as he who " publifhed the iaft edition of him ; tor he would make us believe " the fault is in our ears, and that there are really ten fyllables in " a verfe where we find but nine : but this opinion is not worth " confuting... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 sivua
...natural and pleafing, though not ferfcA. It is true, 1 cannot go fo far as he who publiflied the lad edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ear;, and that there were really ten fyllables in a verfe where we find but nine; but this opinion... | |
| 1798 - 560 sivua
...natural and pJeaßng,. though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go fo far as he who pubhlhcd the lait edition of him, for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there are really ten fyllables in a verfe, where we lind hut nine. But this opinion is not worth confuting... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 sivua
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Grower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the * This adversative particle is here wholly superfluous, and renders tiie sentence inelegant. ' Our... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 sivua
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgatc and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the 1 This adversative particle is here wholly superfluous, and renders the sentence inelegant. 3 Our author's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 sivua
...natural and pleating, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go fo far as he who publiihed the lad edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there veré really ten fyllables in a verfe where we find but nine : but this opinion is not worth confuting... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 658 sivua
...natural and pleafing, though not perfeft. It is true, I cannot go fo far as he who publiihed the lad edition of him ; for he would make us believe the...fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten fyllables in a verfe where we find but nine : but this opinion is not worth confuting ; it is fo grofs... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 sivua
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he r2 who published the last edition of him *; for He would make us believe the fault is in our ears,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 sivua
...musical; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he F2 who published the last edition of him *; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 sivua
...musical ; and it continues so,- even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : — there is the rude sweetness...last edition of him ; for he would make us believe * Thomas Speght's edition of Chaucer was published in 1597 and l602. The preface contains the passage... | |
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