 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Počet stránok 620
...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)...single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are seterally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, butin their very physiognomies... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Počet stránok 620
...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, in lib age. Not a single character has escaped him. All -his pilgrims are severally distinguished from... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - Počet stránok 564
...becaufe, as it has been truly obferved of him, he has taken into the compafs of his Canterbury tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole Englifli nation, in his age. Not a Jingle character has efcaped him. All his pilgrims are feverally... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 816
...him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Talei the various manners and humours (as we may now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described their natures better, than by the... | |
 | James George Barlace - 1819 - Počet stránok 408
...taken mto the compass of this poem, the various manners " and humours of the English nation at that age. Not a single " character has escaped him, all his pilgrims are distinguished " from each other both in their characters and persons. The " matter• and manner of... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - Počet stránok 408
...Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours, as we now call them,...English nation in his age ; not a single character has escapedhim. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - Počet stránok 504
...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)...not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta* could not have described their natures better, than by the... | |
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 408
...Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours, as we now call them,...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not... | |
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 408
...Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales, the various manners and humours, as we now call them,...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other, not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - Počet stránok 1042
...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,...not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described their natures better, than by the... | |
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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, in... 
