I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised... MacMillan's Magazine - Page 438edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
| James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...chivalry with religion ; and, to borrow his own language, contained in a letter to Sir Walter Ralegh, to pourtray " in Arthur before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve moral virtues, as Aristotle devised." Morality is intended to be illustrated by allegory ; in this... | |
| Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...books. But the following passage proves that he contemplated twelve more. " I labour to pourtraict in Arthur, before he was King, the image of a brave Knight, perfected in the twelve Moral Vertues, as Aristotle devised, the which is the purport of these first twelve books : which if... | |
| American literature - 1853 - 706 pages
...design. " For." says the allegorical bard, in his own quaint way, " I labour to portraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes ;... | |
| 1857 - 676 pages
...design. " For." says the allegorical bard, in his own quaint way, " I labour to portraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes ;... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1860 - 476 pages
...Politice in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellente poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private Moral! Vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve Bookes : which... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...followed all the antique poets historicall ; .... by ensample of [whom] I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private Morall Vertues, as Aristotle hath devised : the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes."... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1862 - 522 pages
...Politice in his Godfredo. By enf ample of which excellent e Poets, I labour to pourtraicl in Arthur e, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Ariftotle hath devifed ; the which is the purpofe of thefe firft twelve bookes :... | |
| 1907 - 568 pages
...ausdrückt. Zürn Helden erwählte er sich König Arthur und bemühte sich, «to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was King, the image of a brave Knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues äs Aristotle hath devised». Dieser Hinweis auf Aristoteles bereitet Schwierigkeiten,... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1867 - 284 pages
...Politice, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellente Poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes: which... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1867 - 304 pages
...Potttice, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellente Poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes :... | |
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