| 1825 - 426 lapas
...acts and events greater and more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and ssues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue...retribution, and more according to revealed Providence: : so as it appeareth, poesy scrvctli to magnanimity, to morality, and to delectation. \nd therefore... | |
| 1825 - 412 lapas
...acts and events greater and more heroical; because :rue history propoundeth the successes and ssucs of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy eigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed Providence : so as it appeareth,... | |
| James Barry - 1831 - 228 lapas
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesy faineth acts and events greater and more heroical; because true historic propoundeth the successes and issues of actions, not...agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesie fains them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence. Because true... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1924 - 202 lapas
...vi. 86 ; Antony and Cleopatra, nI. v. 6 ; Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II. 1v. § 2 : " Because true history propoundeth the successes and...therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution," etc. W. A. Wright says that success " was formerly a colourless word, which required to be defined... | |
| James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1839 - 404 lapas
...of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to...just in retribution, and more according to revealed Provi-- dence ; because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 lapas
...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...virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more just l Painters aml poets have equal privilège in action. LVoesy— Baffiiclle.] in retribution, and more... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 lapas
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical. Because true history propoundeth the sacrifices and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigus them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence. Because true history... | |
| James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 lapas
...satisfieth the mind of man, poesie faineth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true historie propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not...agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesie fains them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence. Because true... | |
| John Harris - 1849 - 526 lapas
...events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth successes and issues of action not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...retribution, and more according to revealed Providence. And therefore it was even thought to have some participation of,, divineness, because it doth raise... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 lapas
...absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events ol ion or preparatory store, for the furniture of speech and readiness of invention, which appeareth re- • tribution, and more according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions... | |
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