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" Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable... "
Faust: A Tragedy - Page 6
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 8 pages
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Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...

George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of action not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poetry endued* them...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...poetry than Oxford. events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected variation, so as it appeareth, that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation*."...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 316 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...according to revealed providence : because true history representetli actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth, that Pob esy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...according to revealed providence ; because true history represented actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth poesy serveth and conierreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actionsnot so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...and. more unexpected and alternative variations: so as it appeareth that, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...
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