The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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Page 190
... Chaucer was transfused into his body , and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease . Milton has acknowledged to me , that Spenser was his original , and many besides myself have heard our famous Waller own , that ...
... Chaucer was transfused into his body , and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease . Milton has acknowledged to me , that Spenser was his original , and many besides myself have heard our famous Waller own , that ...
Page 191
... Chaucer , among other things , had this in common , that they refined their mother tongue ; but with this difference , that Dante * had begun to file their language , at least in verse , before the time of Boccace , who likewise ...
... Chaucer , among other things , had this in common , that they refined their mother tongue ; but with this difference , that Dante * had begun to file their language , at least in verse , before the time of Boccace , who likewise ...
Page 195
... Chaucer's treatise of the As- trolabe , are sufficient witnesses . But Chaucer was likewise an astrologer , as were Virgil , Horace , Persius , and Manilius . Both writ with wonderful facility and clearness : neither were PREFACE . 195.
... Chaucer's treatise of the As- trolabe , are sufficient witnesses . But Chaucer was likewise an astrologer , as were Virgil , Horace , Persius , and Manilius . Both writ with wonderful facility and clearness : neither were PREFACE . 195.
Page 196
... Chaucer's stories were taken from his Italian con- temporaries , or their predecessors . Boccace's Decameron was first published ; and from thence our Englishman has borrowed many of his Canterbury tales ; yet that of Palamon and Arcite ...
... Chaucer's stories were taken from his Italian con- temporaries , or their predecessors . Boccace's Decameron was first published ; and from thence our Englishman has borrowed many of his Canterbury tales ; yet that of Palamon and Arcite ...
Page 197
... Chaucer in the dawning of our language ; therefore that part of the com- parison stands not on an equal foot , any more than the diction of Ennius and Ovid , or of Chaucer and our present English . The words are given up as a post not ...
... Chaucer in the dawning of our language ; therefore that part of the com- parison stands not on an equal foot , any more than the diction of Ennius and Ovid , or of Chaucer and our present English . The words are given up as a post not ...
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