 | Sir Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1787 - 158 pages
....srwrtv, which fignifies to make, or feign. Henc$ he is calle4 a Poet, npt he which writeth in meafure only, but that feigneth and formeth a fable, and writes things like the truth. For the fable and ffiion is {as it were) the form ^nd foul of any poetical work, or Poem. , Wbat mean you by a Poem ?... | |
 | Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1869 - 84 pages
...Poet, not hee which writeth in meafure only; but that fayneth and formeth a fable, and writes tilings like the Truth. For, the Fable and Fiction is (as it were) the forme and Soule of any Poeticall worke, or Poeme. * p. :3 t p. 49. * p 2i). What meant you by a Poeme... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 560 pages
...the life of man in fit measure, numbers, and harmony, according to Aristotle ; from the word TTOIU*, which signifies to make, or feign. Hence he is called...were, the form and soul of any poetical work, or poem. CXLVII. What mean you by a Poem ? Poema. — A poem is not alone any work, or composition of the poet's... | |
 | 1889 - 660 pages
...the life of man in fit measure, numbers, and harmony, according to Aristotle, from the word poiein, which signifies to make or feign. Hence he is called...were, the form and soul of any poetical work or poem." (Disc., Poeta.) (26) "... I think it decent to pass over this part in silence, as willing to obtain... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...IV. Wordsworth and his Genius. To a poet nothing can be useless. 4255 Johnson : Ilast,elas. Ch. 10. A poet, not he which writeth in measure only, but...were, the form and soul of any poetical work or poem. 4256 Sen Jonson : Timber ; or, Discoveries made upon Men and Matter. If men will impartially, and not... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1889 - 654 pages
...and harmony, according to Aristotle, from the word poiein, which signifies to make or feign. H^nce he is called a poet, not he which writeth in measure...fable and fiction is, as it were, the form and soul of an y poetical work or poem." (Disc., Poeta.) (26) "... I think it decent to pass over this part in... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...Criticism. IV. Wordsworth and his Genius. To a poet nothing can be useless. 4255 Johnson: Basi,elas. Ch. 10. A poet, not he which writeth in measure only, but that feigneth and forineth a fable, and writes things like the truth. For the fable and fiction is, as it were, the form... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1892 - 216 pages
...life of man in fit measure, numbers, and har- 3° mony ; according to Aristotle from the word TroieiV, which signifies to make or feign. Hence he is called...fable and fiction is, as it were, the form and soul of 35 any poetical work or poem. What mean you by a Poem ? — A poem, poema, is not alone any work or... | |
 | Ben Jonson - English prose literature - 1892 - 216 pages
...life of man in fit measure, numbers, and har- 3° mony ; according to Aristotle from the word iroitiv, which signifies to make or feign. Hence he is called...fable and fiction is, as it were, the form and soul of 35 any poetical work or poem. r What mean you by a Poem ? — A poem, poema, is not alone any work... | |
 | Ben Jonson - English prose literature - 1892 - 228 pages
...life of man in fit measure, numbers, and har- 30 mony ; according to Aristotle from the word iroieiv, which signifies to make or feign. Hence he is called...which writeth in measure only, but that feigneth and forme th a fable, and writes things like the truth. For the fable and fiction is, as it were, the form... | |
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Hence he is called a poet, not he which writeth in measure only, but that feigneth and formeth a fable, and writes things like the truth. For the fable and fiction is, as it were, the form and soul of any poetical work, or poem. 
