 I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses worth tho' not my own. .Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme...  The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison - Strana 37autor/autoři: Joseph Addison - 1840Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 str.
...imitate the blest above, In joy, and harmony, and love. AJf ACCOUNT OF THE GREATEST EXCLJSH POETS. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language,and obscur'dhis wit: In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 str.
...try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses worth, though not my OBT.. Long bad our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures...bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. Hut age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscur'd his wit : In vain he jests... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 str.
...And show their verses worth, though not my own. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor ffít the raptures of the tuneful Nine; Till Chaucer first,...bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. Hut age has rusted what the poet и rit, Worn out h is language, and obseur'd his wit: In rain lie... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 str.
...several beauties known, And show their versos worth, thouth not my own. Long had our dull forefather« slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine; Till Chaucer first, a m'Try bard, arose, And mnnv a story told in rhyme and prose. But age has rusted what the poet writ,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 298 str.
...strength, I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses' worth, though not my own. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit ; In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 str.
...GOWER, One of our most ancient English, Poets, contemporary with Chaucer, and his intimate friend. "But age has rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit ; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1843 - 272 str.
...perpetrated by our youthful critic against two imperishable names in the following passage : - — " Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit : In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh,... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 str.
...death, highly esteemed for his talents, and his poetical productions were read with pleasure , — " But age has rusted what the poet writ ; Worn out his language, and obscured his wit; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1846 - 290 str.
...perpetrated by our youthful critic against two imperishable names in the following passage : — " Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...merry bard, arose, And many a story told, in rhyme and proset; But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit : In vain... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1851 - 390 str.
...imitation, if such it is to be considered. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the rapture of the tuneful nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard,...rusted what the poet writ, "Worn out his language, and obscured his wit. In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in... | |
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