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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... "
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Translations of the passages in ... - Page 8
by Dugald Stewart - 1877
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Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...

George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...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,...according to revealed providence : because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poetry endued* them...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...has produced a richer harvest of poetry than Oxford. events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected variation, so as it appeareth, that poesy serveth...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 316 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...according to revealed providence : because true history representetli actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth,...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true history propounded! the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable...more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...according to revealed providence ; because true history represented actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...satisfied! the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth...
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