 | 1882 - 498 ページ
...German : In the first place, as he (Chaucer) 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 ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 534 ページ
...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 of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 ページ
...noble Chaucer. — MICHAEL DRAYTON. 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, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 ページ
...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 held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense, — learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1889 - 334 ページ
...8 ' In the first place, as he (Chaucer) 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 - 1889 - 334 ページ
...• ' In the first place, as he (Chaucer) 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 - 1889 - 332 ページ
...• 'In the first place, as he (Chaucer) 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... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 ページ
...particular.34 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 ; learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1892 - 348 ページ
...• ' In the first place, as he (Chaucer^ 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... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 ページ
...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 : lie is a. perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in. all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly... | |
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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... 
