 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,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Halaman 6141845Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1795 - 322 halaman
...in his age : not a fmgle cha" rafter has efcaped him. All his pilgrims are feverally diltin" guifhed from each other, and not only in their inclinations, but " in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could " not have defcribed their natures better than by the... | |
 | 1798 - 560 halaman
...nation in his age. Not a (ingle character has efcaped him. All his pilgrims arc 1'evcraHy diitinguiihed from each other, and not only in their inclinations, but in their phyCognomies and perlons, linptiita Porta could not have delcribed their natures better than by the... | |
 | 1799 - 458 halaman
...nation in hit eye. Not a tingle character has efcaped him. All hi* pilgrims are fevcrally diftinguiflied from each other, and not only in their inclinations, but in their phyfiognomits and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed their natures better, than by the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 halaman
...Admiralty, as appears from a letter written by Dryden in July 1699 ; which may be found in vol. i. character has escaped him. All his Pilgrims are severally...not only in their inclinations, but in their very phisiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta5 could not have described their natures better, than by the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 halaman
...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 1 Jeremy Collier and Luke Milbourne, each of whom had recently attacked our author. * The character... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 halaman
...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 1 Jeremy Collier and Luke Milbourne, each of whom had recently attacked our author. 1 The character... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 halaman
...nation, in his age. Not a finglc character has efcaped him. All his pilgrims are feverally diftinguiíhed from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed their natures better, than by the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 halaman
...nation^ in his age. Not a fmgle character has efcaped him. All his pilgrims are feverally diftinguifhed from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed their natures better, than by the... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 halaman
...Tales, the various mauners and humour, as we now call them, of the whole English nation in his eye. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims...other, and not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Poria could not have described thrir nutures better, than by the... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 halaman
...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 ase severally distinguished from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very... | |
| |
