 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 Chalmers - 1810 - 664 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 mariners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character... | |
 | 1845 - 816 páginas
...him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury Talei the various manners and humours (as we may 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,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 páginas
...dramatic effect. " It has been truly observed of him," says Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " 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 escapedhim.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 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, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 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... | |
 | 1824 - 408 páginas
...dramatic effect. " It has been truly observed of him," says Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " 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... | |
 | 1824 - 408 páginas
...effect. " It has been truly observed of him,'' says Dryden, (in the preface to his Fables,) that " 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... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 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... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 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 - 1832 - 342 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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