...what we call the beau ideal, or хат' £J;oX'lv the ideal — what Bacon so nobly describes as " on to say — "A waiting woman the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect...

...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,...being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason thereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...

...of this feigned history hath been to I give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those erein men may be more large and laborious : but, in such as are able to do it, to infe- -1 rior to the soul; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...

...Ufe of this Feigned Hiftory hath been to give fome fhadow of fatisfaftion to the mind of Man in thofe points wherein the Nature of things doth deny it, the World being in proportion inferior to the foul ; by reafon whereof there is, agreeable to the fpirit of Man, a more ample Greatnefs, a more exaft...

...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,...nature of 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...

...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, tho world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by...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...

...intend that, for all poetical purposes, Nature should altogether be kept out of view. He thinks that there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample...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,...

...dares to call trash, and whose very definition of art was couched in expressions like these: — " There is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...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...

...OF TRINITY COLLEG-E, CAMBRIDGE J AUTHOR OF "ART: ITS CONSTITUTION AND CAPACITIES," " The world being inferior to the soul : by reason whereof, there is...variety than can be found in the nature of things." LORD BACON : On the Advancement of Learning Bk, II, LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, AND ROBERTS....

...invention, but in the discovery of truth : — not only, in Lord Bacon's words, " for the invention of a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety," but to revive the neglected glories of the world as it is, to gather the fragments of splendour from...