...and their very habits ; for an example, I fee Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me, as if fome ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the pilgrims...tales, their humours, their features, and the very drefs, as diftinctly as if I had fupped with them at the Tabard in Southwark ; yet even there too the...

...of them understood the mauners ; 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 Bancis and Philemon as perfectly before me as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the...

...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....as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all his pillaging Boccacio, when we consider the probability of the work, which served as their common...

...in the " Fables" of Marie of France, who seems to have lived in the reign of Henry III. of England. the Pilgrims in the " Canterbury Tales," their humours,...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...

...passions, and, in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits ; for an example, 1 see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me, as...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...

...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...example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before mo, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the pilgrims in the Canterbury tales, their...

...descriptions of persons, and their very hahits ; for an example, I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly hefore me, as if some ancient painter had drawn them ; and all the pilgrims in the Canterhury tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped...

...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....Canterbury Tales, their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard, in Southwark. Yet even...

...Both 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....Canterbury Tales, their humours, their features, and their very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard, in Southwark. Yet even...

...of manhood him lacked righte nought. Eke thereto was he right a merry man. " I see," says Dryden, " 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 in Southwark." The Tabard,...