 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 sidor
...with the numhers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of a Scoteh tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though...perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who puhlished the last edition of him ; for he would make us helieve the fault is in our ears, and that... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 sidor
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Grower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears,1 and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine ; but this opinion... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 sidor
...musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. 'Xis true I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him ; for he would make us believe... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 sidor
...though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him ; 3 for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there wTere really ten syllables in a verse, where we find but nine. But this opinion is not worth confuting... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1860 - 384 sidor
...even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : — "Pis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him [Mr Speght] ; though they leave him in possession of the same sounding titles, yet they are almost... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 sidor
...musical, and it continues so even in our judgment if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower his contemporaries. There is the rude sweetness of...tune in it, which is natural and pleasing though not perfect,"a) &c. — And, in fact, this poet excelled in all the different kinds of composition in which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 sidor
...musical, and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries: there is the rude sweetness of...so far as he who published the last edition of him; 3 for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1864 - 202 sidor
...musical, and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of...so far as he who published the last edition of him [he alludes to Speght's wretched edition of 1598] ; for he would make us believe the fault is in our... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 sidor
...musical, and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries: there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and phasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 498 sidor
...contemporaries: — 'Tis true, I cannot go so far as he, who published the last edition of him [Mr. Speght] ; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears,...there were really ten syllables in a verse where we flnd but nine. But this opinion is not worth confuting ; 'tis so gross and obvious an error, that common... | |
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Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine : but this opinion is not worth confuting... 
