 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
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 330 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,... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 366 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1896 - 232 páginas
...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 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...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 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 170 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 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...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 148 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... | |
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