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" Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable... "
Schelling Anniversary Papers - Page 20
by Schelling anniversary papers - 1923 - 341 pages
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Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...

George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...I'oesi IItbra;orum Pralect. lect. i. not that magnitude which satisfied! the mind of man, poesy feignefh acts and events greater and more heroical : because...true history propoundeth the successes and issues of action not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 316 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts, or events of true history, have...retribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representetli actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 394 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts, or events of true history, have...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and • See Bishop Newton's Life of Milton. The biographer admits that Cambridge has produced a richer...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts, or events of true history, have not that magnitude which satisfitth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and » See Bishop Newton's Life of Milton. The biographer...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...retribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...events greater and more heroical: because true history propounded! the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...retribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...retribution, and more according to revealed providence ; because true history represented actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...retribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...retribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore...
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