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" The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth. "
The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 31
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Fables Antient and Modern: Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace ...

John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...Phifiognomics and Perfons. EaftiftaPorta could not have defcrib'd theif Natures beErer, than by the M which the Poet gives them. The Matter and Manner of their Tales, and of their Telling, are fo fuited co their different Educations, Humours, and Callings, that each of them would be improper in any other...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 3

New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...feverally diftinguifhed " from each other, and not only in their inclinations but in " their phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could " not have defcribed...tales and of their telling, are fo fuited to their diffe** rent educations, humours, and callings, that each of them " would be improper in any other...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 3

Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
...feverally diftinguifhed " from each other, and not only in their inclinations but in " their phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could " not have defcribed...tales and of their telling, are fo fuited to their diffe" rent educations, humours, and railings, that each of them " would be improper in any other mouth....
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifla Porta could not have defcribed their natures better,...their tales, and of their telling, are fo fuited to thejr different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...diftinguifhed from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed...better, than by the marks which the poet gives them. Ths matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are fo fuited to their difterent educations,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 20

English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...diftinguifhed from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed...matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, arefofuited to their different educations, humours, and callings, that each of them would be improper...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Dryden. Rochester ...

1793 - 806 pages
...perfbns. Rip:ifta Porta could not have dcfcribcd their natures better, than by the marks v/iiich the pott gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are fo fuitcd to their different eduntions, humours, and calling?, that each of them would be improper in...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

Biography - 1795 - 408 pages
...feverally diftinguifbed from each other, and not only in their inclinations, but in thefr phyfiognornies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could not have defcribed...manner of their tales and of their telling, are fo firitrd to their different educations, humours, and calling.-, that each of them would be improper...
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The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: Completed in a Modern Version ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1795 - 322 pages
...diltin" guifhed from each other, and not only in their inclinations, but " in their very phyfiognomies and perfons. Baptifta Porta could " not have defcribed...natures better than by the marks which " the poet givts them. The matter and manner of their " Tales, and of their telling, are fo fuited to their different...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 842 pages
...phyfiognomies and perfons. Bjp'.ifla Porta could not have dcfcribcd their natures better, than by the murks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are fn fuited to their different educations* humours, and callings, that each of them would be improper...
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