 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...things. Therefore, because the acts or events ol true history have not that magnitude which satisfied the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater...successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according... | |
 | 1853 - 604 pages
...and whose very definition of art was couched in expressions like these:—" There is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more...variety than can be found in the nature of things ;" " the use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul : by reason whereof there is, agreeable to * the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 394 pages
...deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more...acts and events greater and more heroical ; because the history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 514 pages
...deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof, there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact...magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy fcigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 530 pages
...deny it, tho world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof, there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisficth the mind of man, poesy feigncth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true... | |
 | 1855 - 864 pages
...poetical purposes, Nature should altogether be kept out of view. He thinks that there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. He would, therefore, paint Feature in artistic colours, such as will give it more gaudiness and variety,... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 pages
...and whose very definition of art was couched in expressions like these: — " There is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more...variety than can be found in the nature of things ; " " The use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 pages
...and whose very definition of art was couched in expressions like these: — " There is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more...variety than can be found in the nature of things ; " " The use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...deny it ; the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact...successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue tod vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according... | |
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The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the... 
