 He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his " Canterbury Tales " the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation,...  Specimens of the British Critics - Página 189de John Wilson - 1846 - 344 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1824 - 408 páginas
...that " he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours, as we now call them, of the whole English nation in his...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 páginas
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterhury tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, hut in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have descrihed their natures... | |
 | J. H. Hippisley - 1837 - 370 páginas
...into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the English nation in his age. Not a single character...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptiste Porta could not... | |
 | 1837 - 652 páginas
...into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the English nation in his age. Not a single character...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptiste Porta could not... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 páginas
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manners and humoura (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a dingle character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other : and... | |
 | J. H. Hippisley - 1837 - 378 páginas
...Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptiste Porta could not have described their natures better, than by the marks which the poet gives... | |
 | 1845 - 816 páginas
...taken into the compass ot his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours (as we may now rail them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not...not have described their natures better, than by the marb which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 páginas
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...distinguished from each other ; and not only in their inch'nations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 páginas
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manuers and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally <listinguished from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 páginas
...glorious John noted|| how clearly all the pilgrims are severally distinguished from each oilier — not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons,^ insomuch that "Baptista Porta could not have * " Euphranor." t " Vision of Poets." J Prologue to the... | |
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