 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,...  Specimens of the British Critics - Strana 189autor/autoři: John Wilson - 1846 - 344 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 120 str.
...him, he has taken into the compass of his ' Canterbury Tales ' the various manners and humors (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta1 could not have described their natures better, than by the marks which the poet gives them.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 114 str.
...him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours 2 (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 760 str.
...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...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baplista Portat could not have described their natures better than by the marks f which the poet gives... | |
 | Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 str.
...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...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different education,... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1900 - 330 str.
...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...inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 350 str.
...him, he has taken into the compass of his 10 Canterbury Talcs the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...not only in their inclinations, but in their very 15 physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described their natures better, than by... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1904 - 226 str.
...observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Tales the very manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta [a celebrated physiognomist] could not have described their natures better than by the marks which... | |
 | John Dryden - 1904 - 762 str.
...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...in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Portat could not have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives them. The... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 str.
...whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severely distinguished from each other ; and not only in their...persons. Baptista Porta could not have described their names better, than by the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 str.
...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...single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severely distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies... | |
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