...in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense, learn'd in all sciences, and therefore a "Plenty has made me poor."...

...patina of age: In the first place, as he is the Father of English Poetry, so I hold him in the same Degree of Veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil: He is a perpetual Fountain of good Sense; learn'd in all Sciences; and, therefore speaks properly on all Subjects:...

...since the mid-fifteenth century) but to the great originators of antiquity: "I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil" (280). 2b In linking Chaucer to the great classical poets, Dryden rescued him from the Gothic darkness...

...throughout tbis section. as he [Chaucer] is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil Milton was the poetical son of Spenser, and Mr Waller of Faitfax; for we have our lineal descents and...

...in particular. In the first place, As he is the Father of English Poetry, so I hold him in the same Degree of Veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil: He is a perpetual Fountain of good Sense; learn'd in all Sciences; and therefore speaks properly on all Subjects:...

...in particular. In the first place, as he is the Father of English Poetry, so I hold him in the same Degree of Veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil : He is a perpetual Fountain of good Sense ; learn'd in all Sciences ; and, therefore speaks properly on all...

...in particular. In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of 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 355 properly on all...