 The Monk and the Miller's Wife ' would of itself be his passport to immortality as a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the lists with Chaucer, and Boccacio, with no great risk of discomfiture.  The Poems of Allan Ramsay - Strana cviipodľa Allan Ramsay - 1800Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | David Irving - 1804 - Počet stránok 524
...happy effort in this department f. This tale, says Lord Woodhouselee, " would of itself be his passport to immortality, as a comic poet. In this capacity he might enter the lists with Chaucer and • Boccacio, with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior... | |
 | William Dunbar - 1834 - Počet stránok 412
...Writings of ALLAN RAMSAY, says, that " The Monk and the Miller's Wife would, of itself, be his passport to immortality, as a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the lists with Chaucer, and Boccaccio, with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior in... | |
 | William Dunbar - 1834 - Počet stránok 422
...Writings of ALLAN RAMSAY, says, that " The Monk and the Miller's Wife would, of itself, be his passport to immortality, as a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the lists with Chaucer, and Boccaccio, with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior in... | |
 | William Dunbar - 1834 - Počet stránok 446
...Writings of ALLAN RAMSAY, says, that " The Monk and the Miller's Wife would, of itself, be his passport to immortality, as a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the lists with Chaucer, and Boccaccio, with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior in... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1851 - Počet stránok 192
...regretted that he has left so few. ' The Monk and the Miller's Wife ' would of itself be his passport to immortality as a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the lists with Chaucer, and Boccacio, with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior in... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - Počet stránok 616
...pp. 12, 62. FABLES AND TALES 1722 "The Monk and the Miller's Wife" would of itself be his passport to immortality as a comic poet. In this capacity he might enter the lists with Chaucer and Boccacio with no great risk of discomfiture. Though far their inferior in acquired... | |
 | Maggs Bros - 1928 - Počet stránok 1028
...172-2. ^16 i6s " 'The Monk and the Miller's Wife,' " says Eraser, "would of itself be his passport to immortality as a comic poet. In this capacity he might enter the list' with Ghnucer and Boccacio with no great risk of discomfiture." 1923 THE FAIR ASSEMBLY. A Poem.... | |
 | 1801 - Počet stránok 522
...Cats and the Cheefe. Thefe, with the utmoft propriety of character, have all the naivfts of Phredrus and la Fontaine, with the wit and eafe of Gay. The...a comic poet. In this capacity, he might enter the liils •with Chaucer, and Boccacio, with no great rifle of difcomfiture. Though far their inferior... | |
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