...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 satisfleth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because true...

...exhausts everything yet offered on the subject of the beau ideal: 'Therefore because the acts or wants of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth...retribution, and more according to revealed Providence; because true history represcnteth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore...

...or wants of true history have not that magnitude which satieftcth the mind of man, poesy fi.'igneth acts and events greater and more heroical; because...actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue anil vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed Providence;...

...satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes...

...seen to approximate closely to one another. The wellknown words of Bacon run thus : — 'Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...greater and more heroical ; . . . because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them with...

...seen to approximate closely to one another. The wellknown words of Bacon run thus : — ' Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more herolcal ; . . . because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged,...

...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...man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroica!.... So as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to...

...written in prose or verse. He bases the defining content of poetry in the idealizing fantasies of desire: "because the acts or 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...

...self-proclaimed variety. Art and the Experience of the Extraordinary . . . the world is inferior to the Soul. The acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfies the mind of man. Poesie endueth Action and Events with more rareness and more unexpected...

...things. Therefore, because the acts and events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfteth the mind of man. poesy feigneth acts and events greater...retribution and more according to revealed providence; because true history representeth more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...