...every species of offspring of the CHAP. * " XXIV. imagination. The Roman de la Rose, which '-. was written during the thirteenth century, placed their...considerable extent than the Iliad, and above twice as1 long as the epic of Virgil. No period of Chau- Pe1iod of cer,s life can with greater probability...

...of the Rose, " a poem which, he says, may justly be regarded as the predecessor and progeniior oí" all that is most admirable in the effusions of modern, in contradistinction to the chivalrous poetry." An opinion more foolish, and unsupported by any fact, or shadow of fact, was, we believe, never hazarded...

...and the production of every species of offspring of the imagination. The Roman de la Rose, which was written during the thirteenth century, placed their...to these early ages beyond the reach of rivalship. (Vol. ii. Chap. xxiv. pp. 230-1.) [Chaucer and Dante] Lydgate, in his enumeration of Chaucer's works,...