 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...Mr. Waller's : a name that carries every thing in it, that is either great, 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 owes more to him than the French does to cardinal... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1858 - 1096 pages
...indebted ; because their compositions, being in general more highlv finished than works in prose, are supposed to present the language in its most agreeable...the preface to the Poems of Edmund Waller, published iu 1690, the editor ventures to say, " Ho was, indeed, the Parent of English Verse, and the first that... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...write that his was ' a name that carries everything in it that is either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the...showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. The tongue came into his hands like a rough diamond ; he polished it first, and to that degree that... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...write that his was ' a name that carries everything in it that is either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the...showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. The tongue came into his hands like a rough diamond ; he polished it first, and to that degree that... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...carries everything in it that is either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of Engfei verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. The tongue came into his hands like a rough diamond ; he polished it first, and to that degree that... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 1124 pages
...indebted ; because their compositions, being in general more highlv finished than works in prose, are supposed to present the language in its most agreeable...indeed, the Parent of English Verse, and the first that shewed us our Tongue had Beauty and Numbers in it. Our Language owes more to Him, than the French does... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1885 - 264 pages
...the original occurrence of that phrase ; at least, I have met with none earlier : — " Mr. Waller was indeed the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had numbers and beauty in it." This calmly disposes of Spenser and Shakespeare. "Our language owes more... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1885 - 266 pages
...are Mr. Waller's : A name that carries every thing in it, that's either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the first that shew'd us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language owes more to him than the French to... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1885 - 260 pages
...are Mr. Waller's : A name that carries every thing in it, that's either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the first that shew'd us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. Our language owes more to him than the French to... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 pages
...write that his was ' a name that carries everything in it that is either great or graceful in poetry. He was indeed the parent of English verse, and the...showed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it. The tongue came into his hands like a rough diamond; he polished it first, and to that degree that... | |
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He was indeed, the parent of English verse, and the first that showed us our tongue had beauly and numbers in it. 
