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" 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 467
by Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 579 pages
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 3

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...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

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...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 20

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...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

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,...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

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,...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

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,...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 3

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...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

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...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

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...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 21

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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