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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... "
Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ... - Page 96
by George Dyer - 1812
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 1

George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...events greater and more heroical: because true history propounded! the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...events greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so, as it appeareth,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...events greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence : because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged ; therefore poesy endueth them...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...events greater and more heroical: because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...according to revealed providence: because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...
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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...according to revealed providence: because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 1

1825 - 426 pages
...events greater and more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and ssues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice,...retribution, and more according to revealed Providence: : so as it appeareth, poesy scrvctli to magnanimity, to morality, and to delectation. \nd therefore...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 1

1825 - 412 pages
...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,...
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