 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
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 páginas
...him, he 10 has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humors (as we now call them) of the whole English nation in his...each other, and not only in their inclinations but in 15 their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described their natures better... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 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...single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims 1 ["In law, the offense of speaking slanderously or in defamation of high personages (magnates) of... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 360 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...inclinations but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and the manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 páginas
...of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole Knglish in the city-square, there is no such 1'orta* could not have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives them.... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 páginas
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tale* the various manners and humours (as we n pine Ami torreut were not all; — one silent nook...mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It otlicr, and not only in their inclinations but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta8... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1911 - 430 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 Age. Not a single Character has escap'd him. AH his Pilgrims are severally distinguish'd from each other ; and not only in their Inclinations,... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 518 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...the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their I/' tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different education, humours, and callings,... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1912 - 272 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1912 - 436 páginas
...Age. NbF"a single Character < \ ' has escap'd him. All his Pilgrims are severally dis- f . "tlriguishM from each other: and not only in their !) Inclinations, but in their very Phisiognomies and \ Persons. ^Baptista Porta could not have describ'd * >"v their Natures better, than... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 468 páginas
...him, he has taken into the compass of his [80 Canterbury Tales the various manners and humors (as we now call them) of the whole English nation in his...described their natures better than by the marks which the [90 poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their... | |
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