 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 - Página 1731909Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 páginas
...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... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1890 - 730 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 374 páginas
...Rightly did a critic of the 17th 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 critic... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 476 páginas
...Eightly did a critic of the 17th 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... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 páginas
...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, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 páginas
...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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 páginas
...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... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 610 páginas
...dramatic power in producing an exact description of each ; so that, to quote the words 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... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 612 páginas
...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,... | |
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