 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
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 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...each other ; and not only in their inclinations, but ih their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta*1 could not have described their natures better... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta t could not have described their natures better than...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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 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...the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different education, humours, and... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 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...the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different education, humours, and... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 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...the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different education, humours, and... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 366 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...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,... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Criticism - 1896 - 330 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...very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta could riot have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives them. The matter and... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - English literature - 1896 - 232 pages
...Chaucer 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...pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other ; not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons. The matter and manner... | |
 | John Dryden - Readers - 1897 - 166 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...their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta 1 could not have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives them. The matter... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 170 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...their very physiognomies and persons. Baptista Porta J could not have described their natures better than by the marks which the poet gives them. The matter... | |
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