 Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. 'Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him ; for he would make us believe the fault is in...  Chaucer's Legende of Goode Women - Stran xavtor: Geoffrey Chaucer - 1864 - 145 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 strani
...and nimis poeta, if we may believe Catullus,' as much as betwixt a modest behaviour and affectation. The verse of Chaucer, I confess, is not harmonious...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 strani
...is like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, — it was auribus istius temporis aceommodata. They who lived with him, and some time after him,...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. ' Our author's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgatc and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 strani
...Tacitus commends it was auribus istius temporis accommodata. They who lived with him, and sometime after him, thought it musical ; and it continues so...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,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 strani
...Tacitus commends it was auribus istius temporis accommodate. They who lived with him, and sometime after him, thought it musical; and it continues so...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 strani
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as be who published the last edition of him ; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and... | |
 | Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 strani
...not inclined to admit Dryden's insensibility to its music. There is the rude sweetness, he writes, of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. In this little sentence he seems to convey a very just idea of the matter. The occasional ruggedness... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 strani
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numhers of Litigate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, l cannot go so far as he who puhlished the last edition of him ; for he would make us helieve the fault... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 strani
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though riot perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him ; for he would... | |
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