I confess, is not harmonious to us; but 'tis like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, it was auribus istius temporis accommodata: they who lived with him, and some time after him, thought it musical; and it continues so, even in our judgment,... Chaucer: A Bibliographical Manual - Page 467by Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 579 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...and fome time after him, thought it mufical ; and it continues fo even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude fweetnefs of a Scptch tune in it, which is natural and pleafing, though not perfect. It is true, 1... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 360 pages
...an<t fome time after him, thought it mufical ; and it continues fo even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude fweetnefs of a Scotch l:me in it, which is natural and pleafing, though not perfect. Pt is true, I... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...him, and fometime after him, thought it mufical; and it continues fo even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries:. there is the rude fweetnefs of a Scotch tune in it, which, is natural and pleafing, though not perfect. It is true, I... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgatc and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the 1 This adversative particle is here wholly superfluous,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the * This adversative particle is here wholly superfluous,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Grower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the * This adversative particle is here wholly superfluous,... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...him, and fometime after him, thought it mufical; and it continues fo even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries: there is the rude fweetnefs of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleafing, though not perfeft. It is true, I... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...thought it musical ; and it continues so even. in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he F2 who published the last edition of him *; for he would make... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...thought it musical; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he F2 who published the last edition of him *; for he would make... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...and some time after him, thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him : for he would make us believe... | |
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