 | Noah Porter - 1873 - 730 psl.
...greater and more heroical ; because true history propoundeth the •ucceescs and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...according to revealed Providence ; because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy indueth them with... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 psl.
...and the issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore Poesy feigneth them more just in retribution, and more according...interchanged, therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness : so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And,... | |
 | Deeps - 1875 - 358 psl.
...because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to themerits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more...endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternate variation: so it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and... | |
 | Thomas Davies King - 1875 - 202 psl.
...greater and. more heroical. Because " true history propoundeth the successes and " issues of actions not so agreeable to the " merits of virtue and vice, therefore...them more just in retribution and more " according to real providence. Because true " history representeth actions and events more " ordinary and less interchanged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 psl.
...greater and more heroical : because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and confcrreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have... | |
 | Samuel Davey - 1879 - 302 psl.
...because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merit of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns them more...and more according to revealed providence ; because history representeth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 428 psl.
...greater and more heroical. Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...retribution and more according to revealed providence. . . . And therefore poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 psl.
...true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to (consistently with) the merits of virtue and vice, therefore poesy feigns...according to revealed providence; because true history represented actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth them with... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 psl.
...greater and more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...according to revealed providence; because true history represented! actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy endueth with more... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 psl.
...greater and more heroical; because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions, not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice, therefore...according to revealed Providence; because true history represcnteth actions and events more ordinary and less interchanged, therefore poesy inducth them with... | |
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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... 
