Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 3 of 3
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Excerpt from Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 3 of 3: His Life and Writings In 1628, twelve years after the death of Shakspeare, appeared the first edition of the ´Microcosmography´ of John Earle, then fellow of Merton College, Oxford, afterwards successively the Bishop of Worcester and of Salisbury. This work belonged to a class of writings - the delineation of individual characters - which the in tensely introspective life of the earlier half of the seventeenth century had made extremely popular. Among the number sketched was that of a Vulgar-Spirited Man. By this was meant one who merely followed in all things the common cry, who had no opinions but the received opinions of the majority about him. In the description of the character occurs a passage which is of some importance to us, as marking the position then supposed to be held in popular estimation by the first great writer of our literature. The vulgar-spirited man is described, among other things, as one "that cries Chaucer for his money above all our English poets, because the voice has gone so, and he has read none." We shall have occasion to see in the course of this chapter that these words represent a literary tradition rather than a real sentiment. Yet considered merely as a survival, they have a peculiar interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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