 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...  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Stran 32avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1779Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Joseph Long - 1917 - 588 strani
...in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. . . . We have our fathers 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 they are called by other names than those of... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 398 strani
...great-granddames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days : their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of monks, and friars, and canons, and lady-abbesses, and nuns ; for mankind is ever the same,... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1920 - 382 strani
...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 they are called by other names . . . for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of Nature, though everything is altered."... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1920 - 382 strani
..."followed Nature everywhere," and had written for all time. "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 they are called by other names . . . for mankind... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 394 strani
...say, according to 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 in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of... | |
 | 1909 - 498 strani
...say, according to 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 are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, tho' they are call'd by other names than those of... | |
 | Ruth Morse, Barry Windeatt - 2006 - 296 strani
...wonderful comprehensive Nature . . . 'Tis sufficient to say according to the Proverb, that here is God's Plenty. We have our Fore-fathers and Great Grand-dames...were in Chaucer's Days; their general Characters are still remaining in Mankind, and even in England, though they are call'd by other Names . . . (CH, pp.... | |
 | Lee Patterson - 1991 - 508 strani
...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 they are called by other names than those of... | |
 | Kevin Pask - 1996 - 238 strani
...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 they are called by other names than those of... | |
 | Michael Werth Gelber - 2002 - 358 strani
...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 they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns ... 61 Throughout the preface,... | |
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