 | John Dryden - 1852 - 344 sivua
...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard ia Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 sivua
...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits;...the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours, thenfeatures, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 sivua
...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits : for an example, I tee Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 sivua
...deseriptions of persons, and their very hahits ; for an example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly hefore me, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the pilgrims in the Canterhury tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 sivua
...Prologue,' and it is to be hoped that their number is legion, will say as Dryden said : ' I can see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...as if I had supped with them at the " Tabard " in Southwark.' And not only can we see them, we can see through them. Chaucer ha? given us more than dress,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 sivua
...of them understood the manners, under which name I comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 sivua
...conception of character, the consummate skill with which each is sustained and developed, and the h ' I see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.' (Dryden, Preface to Tbe Fables.) nature, life, and spirit of the dialogue, abundantly prove... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 308 sivua
...conception of character, the consummate skill with which each is sustained and developed, and the 1> ' I see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, their humours,...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.' (Dryden, Preface to The Fables.) nature, life, and spirit of the dialogue, abundantly prove... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 sivua
...comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits. Kor an example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark ; yet even there too the figures in Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 538 sivua
...physiognomies and persons. I see them as perfectly before mo, — their humours, their features, and their very dress — as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark. The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different... | |
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Tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark. 
