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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... "
Advancement of Learning - Page 101
by Francis Bacon - 1869 - 379 pages
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Pamphlets in Philology and the Humanities, Volume 1

1884 - 640 pages
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 pages
...of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propouudcth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable...according to revealed providence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 pages
...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...according to revealed providence. Because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 pages
...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...retribution, and more according to revealed providence. j Because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...acts or wants of true history have not that magnitude which gatisAeth the mind of man, poesy fejgneth good man learned to glow, And |x»e?-y feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed Providence; because true...
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Herbert Spencer as a Biologist

Henry Sewall - 1886 - 42 pages
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Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 878 pages
...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...according to revealed providence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more lieroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and...according to revealed providence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 210 pages
...or events of true history have not that magnitude which satistieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because...according to revealed providence. Because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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Schelling Anniversary Papers

Schelling anniversary papers - 1923 - 366 pages
...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...retribution and more according to revealed providence: ... so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation....
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