 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,...  Palamon and Arcite - Página 16por John Dryden - 1898 - 111 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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 1 Jeremy Collier... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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 1 Jeremy Collier... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 páginas
...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, in his age. Not a single ' Jeremy Collier and Luke Milbourne, each of whom had recently attacked our author. 1 The character... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 páginas
...impressive. " CHAUCER must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, becanse, as it'has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various mauners and humour, as we now call them, of the whole English nation in his eye. Not a single character... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 páginas
...Southwark." — In another passage of the preface to the Fables, he says, — " He must have been a man of most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it...compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours of the whole English nation, in his age. All his Pilgrims are severally distinguished from... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time. In the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...into the compass of his Canterbury) Tales the various mariners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character... | |
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