...which Bacon assigns to Poetry — "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 so inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...

...history, the use of which hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it,...variety, than can be found in the nature of things." In thus setting forth, by means of the imagination, actions more heroical, a retribution more just,...

..."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,...reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of m^n, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found...

...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,...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...

...Poesy, Painting, Music, &<:.) 'hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DENY IT,...VARIETY, than can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that Poesy'1 (and the others) ' serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...

...forth in Bacon's beautiful sentence in On the Advancement of Learning (Bk. ii.) — " The world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof, there is...variety than can be found in the nature of things." For the animating spirit is nature as much j1s the permeated matter. Having thus so far examined the...

...ideam This is what we call the beau ideal, or KO.T e^o^iji' the ideal — what Bacon describes as " a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...variety than can be found in the nature of things, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect...

...ideam. This is what we call the beau-ideal, or KO.T tfoxyv, the ideal — what Bacon describes as ' a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...variety than can be found in the nature of things, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect...

...been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE O» THINGS DOTH DENY IT, the world being in proportion...VARIETY, than can be found in the nature of things. So it nppeareth that Poesy " ( and the others) " teroetJi and amferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...

...Bacon gave to the world, ten years later, an amplification of Sidney's idea in the words following : " There is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfleth the heart of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true...