 If I had desired more to please than to instruct, the Reeve, the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchant, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the Prologue to her Tale, would have procured me as many friends and readers as there are beaux and ladies...  The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First ... - Stran 591avtor: John Dryden - 1800Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends and readers, as there are beaux and ladies of pleafure in the town. But I will no more offend againft good manners: lam fenfible, as I ought to be,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends...pleasure in the town. But I will no more offend against good-manners : I am sensible, as I ought to be, of the scandal I have given by my loose writings ;... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchant, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends...writings ; and make what reparation I am able, by this public acknowledgment. If any thing of this nature, or of profaneness, be crept into these poems, I... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 strani
...the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends and read ers, as there are beaux and ladies of pleasure in the town....writings ; and make what reparation I am able, by this public acknowledgment. If any thing of this nature, or of profaneness, be crept into these poems, I... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends...pleasure in the town. But I will no more offend against good-manners: I am sensible, as I ought to be. of the scandul 1 have given by my loose writings, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Simmer, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends...and ladies of pleasure in the town. But I will no mor« oflfcnd against good-manners ; I am sensible, as I ought to be, 4f (be «rinda! I hare given... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 strani
....Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends...readers, as there are beaux and ladies of pleasure in the tu v, п. But I will DO more offend against good-manners : I am sensible, as I ought to be, Л tbt... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchants, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends and readers, as there are beaux and ladies of pleacure in the town. But I will no more offend against good-manners : I am sensible, as 1 ought to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 564 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchant, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends and readers, as there are beaux and ladies of pleafure in the town. But I will no more offend againft good manners : I am fenfible, as I ought to... | |
 | 1845 - 816 strani
...the Miller, the Shipman, the Merchant, the Sumner, and, above all, the Wife of Bath, in the prologue to her tale, would have procured me as many friends and readers as there are beanx and ladies of pleasure in the town. But I will no more offend against good mauners. I am sensible,... | |
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