 | John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...Side ; for tho' the £»glijhman has boirow'd many Tales from the Italian, yet it appears, that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but...taken from Authors of former Ages, and by him only modell'd : So that what there was of Invention in either of them, may be judg'd equal. But Chaucer... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...fide ; for tho. the Englifhman has borrow'd many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making but...former ages, and by him ' only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in. ekher of them, may be judged equal. But Chaucer has refined on Boccace,... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
..." for though the Englifhman has borrowed many tales from " the Italian, yet it appears, that thofe of Boccace were not " generally of his own making,...invention in either of them, may be judged equal. " But Chaucer has refined on Boccace, and has mended the " ftories, which he has borrowed, in his way of... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
..." for though the Englifliman has borrowed many tales from " the Italian, yet it appears, that thofe of Boccace were not " generally of his own making,...invention in either of them, may be judged equal. " But Chaucer has refined on Boccace, and has mended the " ftories, which he has borrowed, in his way of... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...fide ; for tho' the Englifhman has borrow'd many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making but taken from authors cf former ages, and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them, may... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...his own making but taken from authors of former ages, and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them, may be judged equal. But Chaucer has refined on Boccace, and has mended the llories which he has borrowed, in his way of telling;... | |
 | Joseph Towers - Bio-bibliography - 1773 - 498 pages
...fide ; for though the Engliihman has borrowed many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but taken from authors of former ages, and by him equal juftice and fpiiit j and in par- excellence of Chaucer was confined : ticular, the character... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...f:de ; for though the Englifhman has borrowed many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but...former ages, and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them, may be judged equal. But Chaucer has refined on Boccace,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...his own making, but taken from authors of former ages, and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them, may be judged equal. But Chaucer has refined on Boccace, and has mended the ftories which he has borrowed, in his way of telling;... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...fide; For though the Englifhman has borrowed many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but...former ages, and by him only modelled : fo that what there v/as of invention in either of them, may be judged equal. But Chaucer has refined on Boccace,... | |
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Chaucer's side ; for though the Englishman has borrowed many tales from the Italian, yet it appears that those of Boccace were not generally of his own making, but taken from authors of former ages, and by him only modelled ; so that what there was of... 
