...this thought a most félicitions expression : " The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of trae history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feignth acts and events...

...existence of poetry, and pleads for its utility thus : — " The use of poetry has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man, in those...variety, than can be found in the nature of things."* This effort, "to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind," which proves the necessity of poetry,...

...be styled as well in prose as ^ in verse. 2. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the \vorld being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit...

...of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it—the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by...variety than can be found in the nature of things." 1 Poetry, therefore, in consistency with this partial design of art, eliminates from its pictures of...

...etherial grace, which Nature never has. It is the province of poetry, as Bacon says, " to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it—the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the...

...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....

...poetry or fiction as " feigned history " — " The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...the world being in proportion inferior to the soul . . . Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth...

...of the messengers of God. Their object is like that which Bacon assigns to Poetry — "to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...the nature of things doth deny it, the world being so inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...

...Advancement of LearnJ ing," " is nothing else but feigned history, the use of which hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...variety, than can be found in the nature of things." In thus setting forth, by means of the imagination, actions more heroical, a retribution more just,...

...blind hopes and impossible ideals. "The use," he says, "of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of m^n, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found...