...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,...be found in the nature of things. * * * * therefore poesy encloseth them •with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as...

...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...

...poetry, he remarks most admirably and justly — "The use of this fained historie hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth denie it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soule : by reason •whereof there is agreeable...

...declared as much. Life of King Henry VII. H, The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason thereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...

...what we call the beau ideal, or хат' £J;oX'lv the ideal — what Bacon so nobly describes as " on to say — "A waiting woman the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect...

...may be styled as well in prose as in Tse. The use of this feigned history hath been to I give some as. Antitheta are theses argued "pro et contra;" wherein...laborious : but, in such as are able to do it, to infe- -1 rior to the soul; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...

...Ufe of this Feigned Hiftory hath been to give fome fhadow of fatisfaftion to the mind of Man in thofe points wherein the Nature of things doth deny it, the World being in proportion inferior to the foul ; by reafon whereof there is, agreeable to the fpirit of Man, a more ample Greatnefs, a more exaft...

...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 of man in those...nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events ol true history have not that magnitude which satisfied the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events...

...of things ;" " the use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it." The battle, we say, must be fought with these phrases. Nor is the battle confined to the art of painting....

...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,...