 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1896 - 616 páginas
...that the great epic of the age, Spenser's ' Faerie Queene,' was written, with no higher aim than how to ' fashion a gentleman or noble person in ^virtuous and gentle discipline ' ; and hence it soon became the ' delight of every accomplished gentleman, the model of every poet, the solace... | |
 | Edmund Dorr Griffin - 1831 - 478 páginas
...whole a rich moral legacy to mankind^ He himself says, and truly too, that the end of his Fairy Queen is " to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline." His imitation of Italian poets I have noticed in our review of Italian literature. Upon the whole,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 páginas
...Raleigh. Hecalls the poem a continual Allegory, or dark conceit; theaim of " all the book " being " to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline." In selecting Arthur for his hero, he followed, he said, theexample of the most eminent poets of ancient... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...work, which the author said was 'a continued allegory, or dark conceit' He states his object to be &! 73 Wf 7 v s/ M5 /9:v n 2B4ҵqܕ 1 1 t $0 that he had chosen Prince Arthur for his hero. He conceives that prince to have beheld the Faery Queen... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 páginas
...the fairest late, now made the foulest place. PRINCE ARTHUR. The general end, therefore, of all the Book, is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline: which for that I conceived should be most pla'usible and pleasing, being colored with an historical... | |
 | 1882 - 492 páginas
...friend Sir Walter Baleigh, himself strikes the keynote of his work : " the general end of all the boot is to fashion a gentleman or noble person, in virtuous and gentle disciplineHis poetry, his philosophy, his moral teaching is all stamped, to n* his own words, with... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...to Sir Walter Raleigh, as a continual allegory, or dark conceit ; the aim of " all the book" being " to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline." An edition of all the works of Spenser has recently been published in Boston, edited witli great taste... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...work, which the author said was ' a continued allegory, or dark conceit.' :Ie states his object to be to fashion a gentleman, or noble person, in virtuous and gentle discipline, and that he had chosen Prince Arthur for his hero, lie conceives that prince to have beheld the Faery Queen... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, gives the plan of his work. * The general end of all the book," he says, " is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline.'1 He takes the history of King Arthur, » as most fit for the excellency of his person,"... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 páginas
...himself, expounding his allegory to his friend Sir Walter Raleigh, said, " The general end of all the book is to fashion a gentleman, or noble person, in virtuous and gentle discipline."! Christian philosopher, as well as poet, Spenser's deep conviction, manifest throughout the poem, was... | |
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The general end therefore of all the book is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline... 
