 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...and great grand-dames all before " us, as they were in Chaucer's days : their general charac" ters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England...other names, than thofe of " monks and friars, of channons, and lady abbefies, and " nuns : for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing loft out " of nature,... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
...forefathers and great grand-dames all before " us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general charac"_ters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England " though they are called by other names, than thole of " monks and friars, of channons, and lady abbeiies, and " nuns : for mankind is ever the fame,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...Chaucer's days; their general charafters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England, tho' they are called by other names than thofe of Monks and Friars, and Chanons, and lady Abbefles, and Nuns: for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing loft out of nature,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...Chaucer's days; their general charafters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England, tho' they are called by other names than thofe of Monks and Friars, and Chanons, and lady Abbeffes, and Nuns: for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing loft out of nature,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 360 pages
...fore-fathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days; their general charafters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than thole cf Monks and Friars, and Chanons, and lady AbhefTes, and Nuns : for mankind is ever the fame,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general characters are ftlll remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than tho e of Monks and Friars, and Chanons, and lady Abbeffes, and Nuns : for mankind is ever the fame,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...fore-fathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days; their general characters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England,...called by other names than thofe of Monks and Friars, and Chanons, and lady Abbefles, and Nuns: for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing loft out of nature,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1795 - 322 pages
...before us as they were in Chau" cer's days ; their general characters are ftill remaining in man" kind, and even in England, though they are called by other...names than thofe of Monks and Friars, of Chanons, and " Lady-Abbeffes, and Nuns ; for mankind is ever the fame, and " nothing loft out of nature, though... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 560 pages
...forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days : their general characters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England,...and nuns : for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing loll out of nature, though every tiling is altered. — Boccace lived in the fame age wjth Chaucer,... | |
 | 1799 - 458 pages
...forefathers and great grand dames all before us as they were in Chaucer's days; their general characters are ftill remaining in mankind, and even in England...by other names than thofe of monks and friars, of canons and lady abbeffus and nuns, for mankind is ever the fame, and nothing is loft out of nature... | |
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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... 
