 | Edmund Spenser - 1868 - 330 pages
...remark that whereas Spenser set out with a declaration that he would display 'the twelve private moral! vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes;' we soon find that he wanders very far from the Aristotelian series. 'The first Book pourtrays Holiness,... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - England - 1869 - 384 pages
...as the heroes of Scott's novels are to the readers of our time; and he purposed " to portray in him, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral virtues." This plan was to be comprised in twelve books; and then he proposed, in case his plan... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1870 - 664 pages
...named Politicé, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellent poets, I labour to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private Moral Virtues, as Aristotle hath devised;2 the which is the purpose of these first twelve books : which... | |
 | Henry Morley - English literature - 1873 - 964 pages
...Faerie Queene," " expounding his whole intention in the course of this work," said only that he laboured to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve moral vertues, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of the first twelve books ; which... | |
 | Henry Coppée - English literature - 1873 - 508 pages
...and illustrate the moral virtues which should characterize a noble or gentle person — to present "the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve...private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised." It appears that the author designed twelve books, but he did not accomplish his purpose. The poem,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...antique poets historieall ; .... by ensamplo of [whom] I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before ho was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private Morall Vcrtues, as Aristotle hath devised: the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes.' After saying... | |
 | Henry Coppée - English literature - 1873 - 498 pages
...and illustrate the moral virtues which should characterize a noble or gentle person — to present "the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private morall veriues, as Aristotle hath devised." It appears that the author designed twelve books, but he did not... | |
 | Austin Dobson - Authors, English - 1874 - 332 pages
...gentle discipline.' Of this, King Arthur is his exemplar, and he strives ' to pourtraict ' in him, ' before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected...private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised.' Each ' morall vertue,' if the work had been finished, would have had its special book and patron knight,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1874 - 318 pages
...next note.) It is worthy of remark that whereas Spenser set out with declaring that he would display 'the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath...which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes,' we soon find that he wanders very far from the Aristotelian series. The first Book pourtrays Holiness,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1876 - 564 pages
...present time. In which I have followed all the antique poets historicall ; ... by ensample of [whom] I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king,...which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes." After saying that he conceives Arthur to have " seen in a dreame or vision the Faerie Queen, with whose... | |
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Poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised... 
