| Henry Morley - English literature - 1879 - 712 pages
...whole intention in the course of this work," he said only that he labored "to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral vertues, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these first twelve books; which if... | |
| 1880 - 226 pages
...author) " is the perfection of all the rest, and containeth in it them all :" Arthur himself being " the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral virtues." He seems to pervade all space, and to be at hand to help in every emergency. For he is wandering up... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1880 - 704 pages
...tendency is as avowed in the early as in the later writers. 'I labour,' wrote Spenser, ' to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave...twelve private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised .... In that Fairy Queen, I mean glory in my general intention, .... so in the person of Arthur, I... | |
| 1880 - 690 pages
...tendency is as avowed in the early as in the later writers. 'I labour,' wrote Spenser, 'to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave...twelve private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised .... In that Fairy Queen, I mean glory in my general intention, .... so in the person of Arthur, I... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...meant once more to join both. ' By example of which excellent poets,' he says, ' I labour to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the XII private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 626 pages
...meant once more to join both. ' By example of which excellent poets,' he says, ' I labour to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the XII private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...meant once more to join both. ' By example of which excellent poets,' he says, ' I labour to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the XII private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1880 - 542 pages
...whole intention in the course of ;his worke," his "whole intention" being "to pourtraict in Arthure before he was king the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private morall vertuesas Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes : which... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1881 - 298 pages
...Politlce, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellent 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; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes: which... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1881 - 298 pages
...Politice, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellent 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; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes :... | |
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