 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...exhibits Prince Arthur as his principal or general hero, in whose character heprofesses to pourtray, ' The image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private moral virtues.' ITNA AND THE KE0-CBOSS KNIGHT. A GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain,. Yclad in mighty arms and... | |
 | Biography - 1834 - 454 pages
...scheme of the whole twelve tooks. But the following passage proves that he contemplated twelve more. " I labour to pourtraict in Arthur, before he was king,...the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve Moral Vertues, as Aristotle devised, the which is the purport of these first twelve books : which if... | |
 | Great Britain. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - Authors, English - 1836 - 416 pages
...Magnificence, assumed to be the perfection of all the rest. In this character, the poet professes to exhibit " the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private moral virtues :'' and in this character, in truth, the unity of the work is completed. The way in which Prince Arthur... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 444 pages
...Politics in his Godfredo. By ensample of which cxcellente 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 :... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 450 pages
...next thing to be considered is the construction of his VOL. I. C fable. His object being to portray the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private moral virtues, he selects Prince Arthur, at that time well known in popular story, as the hero who is to exemplify... | |
 | 1841 - 572 pages
...or noble person, in vertuous and gentle discipline;" and again, "Ilaoour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues." That is, he wished to display in the person of his hero, the accomplishments and virtues... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...exhibits Prince Arthur as his principal or general hero, in whose character he professes to portray " the image of a brave knight perfected in the twelve private moral virtues." From this celebrated poem we copy a brief extract, which describes the cell of a hypocritical hermit... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...religion ; and, to borrow his own language, contained in a letter to Sir Walter Ralegh, to pourtray " in Arthur before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve moral virtues, as Aristotle devised." Morality is intended to be illustrated by allegory ; in this... | |
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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... 
