 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 sivua
...Waller and Denham were in being; and our numbers were in their nonage till these last appeared. Chaucer must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 sivua
...some portion of his sentiments given on this masterpiece of Chaucer's. "He must," says Mr. Dryden.a) "have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 sivua
...of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the good parson ; such as have given the list happy man, who once has trail'da pen, meanwhile, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have beeu a man of a most wonderful comprehensive... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 sivua
...think fit hereafter, to describe another sort of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the good parson ; such as have given the last blow to...But this will keep cold till another time. In the meanwhile, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 sivua
...think fit hereafter, to describe another sort of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the Good Parson ; such as have given the last blow to...the mean while, I take up Chaucer where I left him. lie must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 sivua
...Waller and Denham were in being ; and our numbers were m their nonage till these last appeared. Chaucer must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1881 - 216 sivua
...think fit hereafter, to describe another sort of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the Good Parson ; such as have given the last blow to...the mean while I take up Chaucer where I left him. These must suffice for examples of the matter as well as of the manner of the literary criticism which... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 534 sivua
...think fit hereafter, to describe another sort of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the Good Parson ; such as have given the last blow to...But this will keep cold till another time. In the meanwhile, I take up Chaucer where I left him. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 sivua
...fountain of good sense, — learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive...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... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1890 - 730 sivua
...think fit hereafter, to describe another sort of priests, such as are more easily to be found than the Good Parson ; such as have given the last blow to...their doctrine. But this will keep cold till another time.43 In the meanwhile, I take up Chaucer where I left him. 42 he first did the injury. He must have... | |
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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,... 
