 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,...  The Harvard Classics - Page 1731909Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 612 pages
...of Dryden, ' 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.' § 3. As to the date when this idea of forming a continuous series of tales was first entertained,... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 330 pages
...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 character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations,... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 366 pages
...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 his age. Not a single character has escaped... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1896 - 232 pages
...through Chaucer's genius, belong to men of their class and type in every age. As Dryden has it, Chaucer 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 escaped... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 126 pages
...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...English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 166 pages
...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 character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 170 pages
...must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive rature, 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 his age. Not a single character has escaped... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 472 pages
...Rightly did a critic of the 1 7th century pronounce Chaucer a miracle of natural genius, as having " taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours of the whole English nation in his age : not a single character has escaped him." And this... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 120 pages
...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...English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 170 pages
...must have been a man of 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 his age. Not a single character has escaped... | |
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