 And as real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished according to merit.  Anniversary Oration - Seite 10von William Harper - 1836 - 23 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1814 - 446 Seiten
...perfect order, a more beautiful variety, than can any where be found in nature, is pleasing to the mind. And as real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 Seiten
...and events, which are the subjects of true history, have not that grandeur which satisfies the jnmd, poetry steps in, and feigns more heroical actions....things, according to the deserts of virtue and vice ; poe* Upon this head consult the judicious French critic, Bossu du Poe'me Epique. t Hence the extreme... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 Seiten
...order, and a more beautiful variety, than can any Adhere be found in nature, to be pleasing to the mind. As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, fiction corrects it, and displays to us the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 Seiten
...order, and a more beautiful variety, than can anywhere be found in nature, to be pleasing to the mind. As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, fiction corrects it, and displays to us the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded... | |
 | Rowland Smith - 1855 - 552 Seiten
...likewise be the vehicles of sound sense and profitable instruction. "As real -History," says Bacon, "gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction connects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons, rewarded... | |
 | 1890 - 984 Seiten
...History denies, and in some measure satisfies the mind with shadows when it cannot enjoy the substance. And as real History gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded... | |
 | 1897 - 552 Seiten
...romance is faithful to this latter requirement in having most often a happy and satisfactory ending. " As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue," says Lord Bacon, "fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 492 Seiten
...History denies, and in some measure satisfies the Mind with Shadows when it cannot enjoy the Substance. And as real History gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction corrects it and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded... | |
 | 1897 - 656 Seiten
...romance is faithful to this latter requirement in having most often a happy and satisfactory ending. " As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue," says Lord Bacon, "fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes... | |
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