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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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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 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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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...events greater and more lieroical; 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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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...events greater and more heroieal; 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 represeiiteth nctious and events more ordinary, and less interchanged, therefore poesy eudueth them...
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The essays of lord Bacon, including his moral and historical works, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 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 Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 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 Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 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,...retribution, and more according to revealed providence. j Because true history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...successes and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore |x»e?-y feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed Providence; because true history rcpresentclh action* and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy inducth them with...
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Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 878 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 Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 210 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 Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 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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