The Preface to the FableAt the University Press, 1912 - 36 pages |
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Page vii
... Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours of the whole English nation in his age . " ' Tis sufficient to say , ” he concludes , " according to the proverb , that here is God's plenty . " But to Dryden , Chaucer is " a rough ...
... Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours of the whole English nation in his age . " ' Tis sufficient to say , ” he concludes , " according to the proverb , that here is God's plenty . " But to Dryden , Chaucer is " a rough ...
Page x
... Canterbury Tales , their humours , their features , and their very dress , as distinctly as if he had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark . He observes how Chaucer distinguishes them " not only in their inclinations , but in ...
... Canterbury Tales , their humours , their features , and their very dress , as distinctly as if he had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark . He observes how Chaucer distinguishes them " not only in their inclinations , but in ...
Page 2
... Canterbury Tales into our Language , as it is now refin'd : For by this Means both the Poets being set in the same Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit , Story to bé compar'd with Story , a certain Judgment may be made betwixt ...
... Canterbury Tales into our Language , as it is now refin'd : For by this Means both the Poets being set in the same Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit , Story to bé compar'd with Story , a certain Judgment may be made betwixt ...
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... Canterbury Tales : Yet that of Palamon and Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian Wit , in a former Age ; as 8 PREFACE TO FABLES.
... Canterbury Tales : Yet that of Palamon and Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian Wit , in a former Age ; as 8 PREFACE TO FABLES.
Page 9
... Canterbury Tales , their Humours , their Features , and the very Dress , as distinctly as if I had supp'd with them at the Tabard in Southwark : Yet even there too the Figures of Chaucer are much more lively , and set in a better Light ...
... Canterbury Tales , their Humours , their Features , and the very Dress , as distinctly as if I had supp'd with them at the Tabard in Southwark : Yet even there too the Figures of Chaucer are much more lively , and set in a better Light ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Aeneas Aeneid allow'd ancient answer'd arette Author Battel Baucis and Philemon Beauties betwixt Boccaccio Boccace Book Boyisms Caestus call'd Canterbury Canterbury Tales Character Chaucer Conceit consider'd Countrymen dare deserv'd Dioneo Discourse Dryden Duke Earl of Leicester edition Edward the Third English Ennius Fables Fairfax Fault Fiametta follow'd former Age Genius Hobbs Homer Humours Iliad Invention Italian Jeremy Collier John of Ghant judg'd Judges King Arthur Lady Language learn'd least Lidgate Littlewit liv'd Lounsbury Malone Manners Milbourne Modern mote Nature never Numbers Ogilby Opinion Ovid Ovid's Metamorphoses Palamon and Arcite Petrarch Philippa Plowman Poem Poet Laureate poetical Poetry Preface Priests Prince Prince of Condé Prologue prose Provencall Publick Reader Roman Satire Sense Short View Skeat speaking Spencer Story Studies in Chaucer Tabard in Southwark taste thing Thoughts tion translated Chaucer Troilus turn'd Verse Virgil wholly Wife of Bathe Words writ Writings written