 | John Bell - 1782 - 552 sivua
...forts of gravity; their difcourfes are fuch asbelong to their age, their calling, and theirbreeding, fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome vertuuus; fome are unlearned, or (asChauctr calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 sivua
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding; breeding; fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome... | |
 | 1795 - 408 sivua
...by their feveral forts of gravity: their difconrfes are fuch as belong to their age,thtir railing, and their breeding; fuch as are becoming of them,...fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, apd foine are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different ; the reeve, the miller,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1795 - 322 sivua
...grave and ferious " characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity ; " their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, "...them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtu" ous ; fome are unlearned, or, as Chaucer calls them, lewd, and " fome are learned. Even-the... | |
 | 1798 - 560 sivua
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity : their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding ; fuch as are becoming oi them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned,... | |
 | 1799 - 458 sivua
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguiflied by their fevcral forts of gravity, their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding; fuch as are becomingof them and of them only. Even the ribaldrv of the low characters is different, the Reeve,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 sivua
...grave and ferious characters are dillinguifhed by their fsveral forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ¡ fome unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 sivua
...gravity : their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding ; such as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his persons are vicious, and some virtuous ; some are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them,) lewd, and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 sivua
...gravity: their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding ; such as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his persons are vicious, and some virtuous ; some are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them,) lewd, and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 sivua
...grave and ferious characters are diítinguiíhed by their feveral forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters... | |
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Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity, their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling and their breeding — such as are becoming of them and of them only. 
