...hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature ot things doth deny it, the world being in proportion...more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety than caw be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not...

...This is what we call the beau ideal, or xar' aj-oxiv the ideal — what Bacon so nobly 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...

...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisneth the mind...

...the use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny...variety than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because true history hath not in its acts or events that magnitude, that justness, poesy...

...soul of man than that in which he lives — giving to the mind of man " some shadow of satisfaction on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny...variety, than can be found in the nature of things." No great poem was produced in that period, when all the elements of poetry, except man's imagination,...

...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. " The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the...

...satisfaction to the mind of man, ' by reason whereof there is * Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy. agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness,...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. * * * * therefore poesy encloseth them •with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations...

...oft-told tale has begun, while life is yet to the young clear eye that which poetry is or should be,—"A more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a...variety, than can be found in the nature of things." The teens! Oh, what a gush of promise is there in that first burst of fervent life into flower! But...

...•whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatnesse, a more exact goodnesse, and a more absolute variety than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true historie have not that magnitude which satisfieth the...

...nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason thereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the...