 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, in...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 6321845Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 pages
...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...distinguished from each other ; and not only in their inch'nations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could not have described... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 pages
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manuers and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally <listinguished from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 686 pages
...glorious John noted|| how clearly all the pilgrims are severally distinguished from each oilier — not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons,^ insomuch that "Baptista Porta could not have * " Euphranor." t " Vision of Poets." J Prologue to the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 684 pages
...glorious John noted]] how clearly all the pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other — not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons,^ insomuch that " Baptista Porta could not have * " Euphranor." f " Vision of Poets." t Prologue to the... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...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...and, not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta2 could not have described their natures better than by the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterhury tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his...from each other ; and not only in their inclinations, hut in their very physiognomies and persons. Baplista Porta could not have deserihed their natures... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1900 - 874 pages
...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,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...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...and, not only in their inclinations, but in their physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta2 could not have described their natures better than by the... | |
 | Lars Edman - English language - 1861 - 100 pages
...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...distinguished from each other, and not only in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta/?) could not have described their natures better than... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 360 pages
...with many imperfections, the result was admirable in its way. ' All his pilgrims,' Dryden remarks, ' are severally distinguished from each other, and not...the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations, humours, and... | |
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