 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1911 - 200 strani
...painted with astonishing vividness. " I see all the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales" says Dryden, "their humours, their features, and the very dress,...distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark." The Tales themselves take in the whole range of the poetry and the life of the middle ages... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1912 - 272 strani
...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 of Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light... | |
 | John Dryden - 1912 - 436 strani
...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 see Baucis and Philen-^u as perfectly before me, as if some ancient Painter had drawn them; and all the Pilgrims in... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1908 - 582 strani
...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...Features, and the very Dress, as distinctly as if I had supp'd with them at the Tabard in Suuthwarlc : Yet even there, too, the Figures of CJiaucer are much... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - 1917 - 518 strani
...living men and women. " I see all the pilgrims," said Dryden, " their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark." Counting the Host of the Tabard Inn, and the Canon's Yeoman, who joins the company on the... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 398 strani
...a stumbling and broken text. He is speaking of Ovid and Chaucer in the Preface to his " Fables. " " I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me as...Canterbury Tales,' their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard." And later of the diversity... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 394 strani
...drawn them ; and all the pilgrims in the ' Canterbury Tales,' their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard." And later of the diversity of the characters : " But enough of this ; there is such a variety of game... | |
 | John Dryden - 1921 - 766 strani
...comprehend the passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits. P'or 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... | |
 | Edmund David Jones - 1922 - 522 strani
...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....their humours, their features, and the very dress, as listinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark. Yet even there, too, the figures... | |
 | John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - 1925 - 230 strani
...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 of Chaucer are much more lively, and set in a better light... | |
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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. 
