 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...writer : and for ten imprefiions, which his works hive had in fo many fucceflive years, yet at prefen; a hundred books are Scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth : for, as my laft lord Rochefter fa'id, tho Ibmewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not ftand. Chaucer followed... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...somewhat profanely, Not being of GOD, he could not stand. Chaucer followed nature every where ; but was never so bold to go beyond her : and there is a great... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. , For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...his works have had in so many successive years, yet 1 at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester... | |
 | John Dryden - English prose literature - 1800 - 712 pages
...good writer ; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet 1 at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased...somewhat profanely, Not being of GOD, he could not stand. Chaucer followed nature every where ; but was never so bold to go beyond her : and there is a great... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand. " Chaucer followed nature every where; but was never so bold to go beyond her : and there is a great... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...wrifc. ing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault, bnt hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand. " Chaucer followed nature every where ; but was never so bold to go beyond her : and there isa great... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...writing ; and, perhaps, knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth." It is a circumstance of literary history worth mentioning, that Chaucer was more than 60 years old... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...writing; and perhaps knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...for ten impressions, which his works have had in so minv successive years, yet at present a hundred book are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth : for,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...begun to tarnish the brilliancy of his reputation. hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...profanely, " Not being of God, he could not stand." Chaucer followed nature every where, but was never so bold to go beyond her; and there is a great difference... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...begun to tarnish the brilliancy of his reputation. hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he...profanely, " Not being of God, he could not stand." Chaucer followed nature every where, but was never so bold to go beyond her; and there is a great difference... | |
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For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth;... 
