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...contains a censure of Cowley. " Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences j and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he also knows where to leave off; a continence, which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any...

...he is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks propirly on all subjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows...late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but swept, like a drag-net, great and small....

...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences; and, therefore, speaks properly...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets f is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but...

...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences; and, therefore, speaks properly...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets f is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but...

...the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil : he is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so also he knows when to leave off: a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any...

...Romans Virgil: he is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences; and therefore sneaks properly on all subjects: as he knew what to say,...late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but swept, like a drag-net, great and small....

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...the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil: he is a perpetual fountain" of good sense; learned in sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects; as he knew what to say, so also he knows when to leave off: a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any...

...veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly...of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation becanse he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but swept like a drag-net great...