...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard ia Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better...

...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits;...the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours, thenfeatures, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark...

...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits : for an example, I tee Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all...

...deseriptions of persons, and their very hahits ; for an example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly hefore me, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the pilgrims in the Canterhury tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped...

...Prologue,' and it is to be hoped that their number is legion, will say as Dryden said : ' I can see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...as if I had supped with them at the " Tabard " in Southwark.' And not only can we see them, we can see through them. Chaucer ha? given us more than dress,...

...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light...

...conception of character, the consummate skill with which each is sustained and developed, and the 1> ' I see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.' (Dryden, Preface to The Fables.) nature, life, and spirit of the dialogue, abundantly prove...

...conception of character, the consummate skill with which each is sustained and developed, and the h ' I see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.' (Dryden, Preface to Tbe Fables.) nature, life, and spirit of the dialogue, abundantly prove...

...comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits. Kor an example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light...

...writes Dr3 - den, " all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark." The Tabard stood nearly opposite to the Town-hall of the borough of Southwark, within a...