 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
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 pages
...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 history propoundeth the successes and the issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore Poesy feigneth them... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 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...merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them morejust in retribution, and more according to revealed providence ; because true history ^ representeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 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...of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue tod vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 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...successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merit of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution and more according to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundelh 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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 pages
...magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more hcroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and...not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, subservient also, in an eminent degree, to the improvement and happiness of mankind, by the tendency... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1908 - 898 pages
...which satisfieth the mind of men, poesy f eigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions...more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy cndueth them with more rareness and more unexpected and alternative variations. So as it appeareth... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1860 - 390 pages
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because the history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions,...according to revealed providence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endureth them... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 872 pages
...mind of men, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because history propbundeth 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 enduetb them with... | |
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