 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 páginas
...or graceful, in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us onr tongue had beauty, and numbers, in it. Our language...academy. A poet cannot think of him, without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in, «hen Epicurus comes in his way: T» pater, et rerum inventor; Tu patria... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 268 páginas
...great or graceful in poetry. He was, indeed, the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language...Academy. A poet cannot think of him without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in, when Epicurus comes in his way. Tu pater, et rernm inventor ; In patria... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 328 páginas
...the editor ventures to say, " He was, indeed, the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole academy. The tongue came into his hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to that degree, that all... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 330 páginas
...the editor ventures to say, " He was, indeed, the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole academy. The tongue came into his hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to that degree, that all... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 330 páginas
...the editor ventures to say, " He was, indeed, the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole academy. The tongue came into his hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to that degree, that all... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 786 páginas
...pedestal of fame. " Waller," says he, " was indeed the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language...owes more to him, than the French does to Cardinal Richlieu and the whole Academy. It is a surprising reflection, that between what Spenser wrote last... | |
 | 1851 - 1082 páginas
..."He was, indeed, the Parent of English Verse, and the first that shewed us our Tongue had Beauty aud Numbers in it. Our Language owes more to Him, than...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole Academy. * * * * The Tongue came into His hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to that degree,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1858 - 1096 páginas
...the editor ventures to say, " Ho was, indeed, the Parent of English Verse, and the first that shewed us our Tongue had Beauty and Numbers in it. Our Language...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole Academy. * * * * The Tongue came into His hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to that degree,... | |
 | 1851 - 1060 páginas
...the editor ventures to say, "He was, indeed, the Parent of English Verse, and the first that shewed us our Tongue had Beauty and Numbers in it. Our Language...does to Cardinal Richelieu and the whole Academy. » « » « The Tongue came into Hie hands a rough diamond : he polished it first ; and to '/•"/... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1871 - 276 páginas
...English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our languageowes more to him than the French does to Cardinal Richelieu,...Academy. A poet cannot think of him without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in when Epicurus comes in his way. Tu pater, et rerum inventor ; tu patria... | |
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Our language owes more to him than the French does to Cardinal Richelieu, and the whole Academy. A poet cannot think of him without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in when Epicurus comes in his way. 
