 | John Dryden - 1898 - 120 Seiten
...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Vergil : he is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences : and therefore speaks properly...knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practiced by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Vergil and Horace. . . . "... | |
 | John Dryden - 1899 - 222 Seiten
...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...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. Chaucer followed nature everywhere; but was never so bold to go beyond her: and there is a great difference... | |
 | John Dryden - 1899 - 224 Seiten
...than to invent themselves ; as is evident not only in our poetry, but in many of our manufactures. he knows also when to leave off, a continence which...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. Chaucer followed nature everywhere; but was never so bold to go beyond her: and there is a great difference... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 348 Seiten
...held Homer, or the 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...late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net, great and small.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 350 Seiten
...fountain ofgood sense ; learn'd in all 35 sciences; and, therefore, speaks properly on all sub^ jects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave...late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net, great and small.... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 Seiten
...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Eomans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. The verse of Chaucer, I confess, is not harmonious to us ; but it is like the eloquence of one whom... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 Seiten
...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, so he knows...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. The verse of Chaucer, I confess, is not harmonious to us; but it is like the eloquence of one whom... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 808 Seiten
...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...to leave off ; a continence which is practised by fewwriters, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. . . . Chaucer followed... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 Seiten
...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. As he knew what to say, so 30 he knows when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 Seiten
...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...late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way, but swept like a dragnet great and small.... | |
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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, so he knows also when to leave off ; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the... 
