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" ... nothing else but feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world... "
The Descent of Liberty: A Mask - Page xvii
by Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 pages
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 394 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is,...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
...satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points wherein -the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is,...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 Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth act& and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolnte variety, than can be found in the nature of things....events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfied! the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true...
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The Messiah: A Poem in Six Books

Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 526 pages
...poetry, and has thus recorded it : — ' The use of this feigned history * hath been, to give some satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein...mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater - II ya toujours dans les iictions poeYiqucs no>• iorte de logiqui cackfe; dies doivent etre en accord...
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The Messiah, a poem

Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 474 pages
...and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the aets or events of true history have not that magnitude...mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater • II ya toulniirn dans les fietions po£tiqaes ww tortt de logiqve eacAM ; elles doivent dri' i,n...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more hcroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 18

1841 - 832 pages
...the spirit of man, a mort- ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, th:m can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because...events of true history have not that magnitude which .-ati-sficth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroica! ; because true...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...events of true history have not that magnitude which Batisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true...
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The North British Review, Volume 19

1853 - 604 pages
...as their virtues; in other words, to imitate real life. Here again comes in the Baconian thunder. " Because the acts or events of true history have not...magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy (and Bacon's definition of poesy includes the prose-fiction) feigneth acts and events greater and more...
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