 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 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... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 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... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 pages
...Dryden.a) "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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...beeu a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, be und I H' He made us to his image, all agree . That image is the humours (as we now ojl them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 538 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 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 nge. Not a single character has escaped... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 pages
...him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the various manners, and humours, as wo 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 - 1874 - 740 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... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 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... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 534 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... | |
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