 | John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...grave and ferious Characters are diitinguiuYd by their feveral forts of Gravity : Their Difcourles are fuch as belong to their Age, their Calling, and...Perfons are Vicious, and fome Virtuous ; fome are unlearn'd, or (as Chaucer calls them) Lewd, and fome are Learn'd. Even the Ribaldry of the Low Characters... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
...grave " and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral " forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch, as belong to " their age, their calling, and their breeding; fuch as arebe" coming of diem, and of them only. Some of his per" fans " fons are vicious and fome virtuous;... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...'< and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral " forts of gravity : their difcourfes are fuch, as belong to " their age, their calling, and their breeding; fiich as are be" coming of them, and of then* only. Some of his per" fons are vicious and fome virtuous... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous; fome are unfa 2 learned, learned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and Come are learned. Even the ribaldry of... | |
 | Joseph Towers - Bio-bibliography - 1773 - 498 pages
...grave and ferious charafters are diftinguimed by their feveral forts of gravity ; their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...gravity: their difcourles are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their' breeding ; fi ch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low charafters is different: the Reeve, the Miller, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguimed by their feve:al forts of gravity : their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...their Breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of thenj only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 360 pages
...gravity •• their diicourles are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and theirbreeding ; "breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and forae virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 356 pages
...grave and ferious charafters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity : their dtfcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding ; Breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1782 - 482 pages
...grave and ferious characters are difunguiflicd by their feveral forts of gravity; their difcoi.'rft s are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome vertuous; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribuldry... | |
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Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity, their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling and their breeding — such as are becoming of them and of them only. 
