 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 101by Francis Bacon - 1869 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1839 - 404 pages
...of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to...just in retribution, and more according to revealed Provi-- dence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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...virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just l Painters aml poets have equal privilège in action. LVoesy— Baffiiclle.] in retribution, and more... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...magnitude which .-ati-sficth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroica! ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merjts of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 214 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisneth 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... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and moreheroical. Because true history propoundeth the sacrifices and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits...according to revealed providence. Because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...and events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfies the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because true history propoundeth the sacrifices and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 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... | |
 | Henrietta Joan Fry - 1848 - 304 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... | |
 | James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesie faineth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true historie propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not...agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesie fains them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence. Because true... | |
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