 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...years, yet 1 at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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 - 674 pages
...years, yet * at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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 - 370 pages
...successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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 difference... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth ; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though 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 difference... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...other poets, but only(? indulged himself in the luxury of writing, and perhaps knew it was a fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason,...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...fault, but hoped the reader would not find it. For this reason, though he must always bethought agréât poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer: and...somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand. Chaucer followed Nature every where ; but was never so bold tO£0 beyond her : and there is a great... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...«teemed a good writer: and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive yirars, yet 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 Sold to go beyond her : and there is a great... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...yean, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth : for, as my lord v Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand. \ Chaucer followed Nature every where; but was never so bold tof o beyond her: and there is a grent... | |
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... reader would not find it. 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... 
