 | John Dryden - 1900 - 350 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...•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 strani
...• ' 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 strani
...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,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 strani
...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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 strani
...particular. 25 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 - 1906 - 764 strani
...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... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907 - 456 strani
...PHILIP SIDNEY. " 1n 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."—DBYDEN. Outline of Chaucer's life—His personal appearance and portraits—Three chronological... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1907 - 112 strani
...me from 20 partiality. . . . As Chaucer 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 the sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what... | |
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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... 
