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Page 180
... and Mr. Waller of Fairfax , for we have our lineal descents and clans as well as other families . Spenser more than once in- 4 sinuates , that the soul of Chaucer was transfused into 180 Preface prefixed to the Fables 180 200.
... and Mr. Waller of Fairfax , for we have our lineal descents and clans as well as other families . Spenser more than once in- 4 sinuates , that the soul of Chaucer was transfused into 180 Preface prefixed to the Fables 180 200.
Page 181
... Chaucer , in many things resembled him , and that with no disadvantage on the side of the modern author , as I shall endeavour to prove when I compare them ; and as I am , and always have been , studious to promote the honour of my ...
... Chaucer , in many things resembled him , and that with no disadvantage on the side of the modern author , as I shall endeavour to prove when I compare them ; and as I am , and always have been , studious to promote the honour of my ...
Page 182
... Chaucer , ( as you have formerly been told by our learned Mr. Rymer ) first adorned and amplified our barren tongue from the Provencall , which was then the most polished of all the modern languages ; but this subject has been copiously ...
... Chaucer , ( as you have formerly been told by our learned Mr. Rymer ) first adorned and amplified our barren tongue from the Provencall , which was then the most polished of all the modern languages ; but this subject has been copiously ...
Page 185
... Chaucer , considering the former only in relation to the latter . With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue : from Chaucer the purity of the English tongue began . The manners of the poets were 185.
... Chaucer , considering the former only in relation to the latter . With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue : from Chaucer the purity of the English tongue began . The manners of the poets were 185.
Page 186
... 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 great ...
... 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 great ...
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