 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 strani
...the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered. May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 538 strani
...broadspeaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. We have our forefathers, and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days. Their general characters...than those of monks and friars, and canons, and lady abcsses, and nuns : for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 strani
...grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chanoer's days. Their general characters are still remaining iu mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of monks and friars, :uid canons, and lady abesses, and nuns : for mankind is over the same, and nothing lost out of nature,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 strani
...the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great-granddames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days : their general characters are still remaining iu mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of monks and friars,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 strani
...generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. DE QUINCEY. Mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered. DRYDEN. Knowledge of man and manners, the freedom of habitudes, and conversation... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 634 strani
...critical level of his age, in the Prologue ' we have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.' It is not enough for a poet to observe, however : what he observes must first... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 strani
...critical level of his age, in the Prologue ' we have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.' It is not enough for a poet to observe, however : what he observes must first... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 strani
...the proverb, that ' here is God's plenty.' We have our forefathers and greatgrandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered. Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Shakspere was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 strani
...critical level of his age, in the Prologue ' we have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.' It is not enough for a poet to observe, however : what he observes must first... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 626 strani
...critical level of his age, in the Prologue ' we have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters...remaining in mankind, and even in England, though th y are called by other names than those of Monks and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns... | |
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Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though... 
