 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
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 684 páginas
...glorious John noted]] how clearly all the pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other — not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons,^ insomuch that " Baptista Porta could not have * " Euphranor." f " Vision of Poets." t Prologue to the... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 páginas
...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...and, not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta2 could not have described their natures better than by the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 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. Baplista Porta could not have deserihed their natures... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 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...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 páginas
...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...and, not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta2 could not have described their natures better than by the... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 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 very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta/?) could not have described their natures better than... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 páginas
...be has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manners and humours (as we now ojl nal. M0 The first so binds the will, that things foreknown By spontaneity, not choice, are hii pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 páginas
...Tales " the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his nge. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons, liaptista Portat could not have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 páginas
...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...and, not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Portab could not have described their natures better than by the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 534 páginas
...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...age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pil* Dr. James Drake wrote, in answer to Collier, a work called "The Ancient and Modern Stage Surveyed,... | |
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