..." is nothing else but feigned history, which may he styled [written] as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been, to give...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy fcigneth acts and events...

...learning, and is nothing else but feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth 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...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisficth the mind of man, poesy feigncth acts and events...

...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,...

...use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in the points wherein the nature of things doth deny it —...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events...

...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...

...learning, and is nothing else but Feigned History, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this Feigned History hath been to give...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events...

...may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this Feigned History hath been to give some x shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events...

...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...