 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...  The Advancement of Learning - Page 25by Francis Bacon - 1895Full view - About this book
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 372 pages
...more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not eo agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy...more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy indueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative .variations; so it appeareth that... | |
 | 1859 - 446 pages
...and the issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigneth them more just in retribution, and more according...; therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation ; and... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1872 - 966 pages
...more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable, to the. merits of virtue, and vice, therefore poesy...according to revealed providence ; because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1873 - 730 pages
...heroical ; because true history propoundeth the •ucceescs and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy...according to revealed Providence ; because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy indueth them with... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...and the issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore Poesy feigneth them more just in retribution, and more according...interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness : so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And,... | |
 | Deeps - 1875 - 358 pages
...because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to themerits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more...endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternate variation: so it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and... | |
 | Thomas Davies King - 1875 - 202 pages
...heroical. Because " true history propoundeth the successes and " issues of actions not so agreeable to the " merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy...them more just in retribution and more " according to real providence. Because true " history representeth actions and events more " ordinary and less interchanged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy...variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and confcrreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have... | |
 | Samuel Davey - 1879 - 302 pages
...because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merit of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more...and more according to revealed providence ; because history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 520 pages
...more heroical. Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy...retribution and more according to revealed providence. . . . And therefore poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth... | |
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