 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1868 - 604 pages
...— Tis true, I cannot go so far as he, who published the last edition of him [Mr. Speght] ; for ho would make us believe the fault Is in our ears, and that there •*ere realJy ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine. But this opinion is not worth confuting... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...but was never so bold to go beyond her. It is 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; it is so gross... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. '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 ; 'tis >o gross... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is 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 ; it is so gross... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is 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 eats,* and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine ; but this opinion... | |
 | Karl Elze - English philology - 1889 - 408 pages
...: — "Ks tme, I cannot go so far äs he, who pitblished the last edilion of him [Mr. Speght]; far 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 opinian is not worin confuting: 'tis so gross... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is true, I cannot go so far as he38 who published the last edition of him ; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine ; but this opinion is not worth confuting... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect '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 ; 'tis so gross... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 558 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is 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 error is not worth confuting ; it is so gross... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 560 pages
...natural and pleasing, though not perfect. It is 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 error is not worth confuting ; it is so gross... | |
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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... 
