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...* * ' Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word Mi/«!<n?, that is to say, ' a representing, counterfeiting,...antiquity and excellency, were they that did imitate the unconceivable excellences of God: such were David in his 'Psalms;' Solomon in his 'Song of Songs,'...

...commendation. Poesy therefore is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word fuptiais, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...antiquity and excellency, were they that did imitate the unconceivable excellencies of God ; such were David in his Psalms ; Solomon in his Song of Songs, in...

...commendation. Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word /j.lpr)<ji$ ; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...his Psalms ; Solomon in his Song of Songs, in his Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs ; Moses and Deborah in their hymns ; and the writer of Job ; which, beside...

...commendation. Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word /u'/"?<"r ; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...excellency, were they that did imitate the inconceivable excellences of God ; such were David in his Psalms ; Solomon in his Song of Songs, in his ECclesiastes,...

...commendation. 'Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word /a/aimf; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...Of this have been three general kinds : the chief y both in antiquity and excellency, were they that did imitate the inconceivable excellences of Gpd...

...spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Sir Philip Sidney defines poetry, " An art of imitation : that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...metaphorically, a speaking picture ; with this end, X to teach and delight." As poetry cannot have two ends, this amounts to no more than that its end...

...commendation. Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word /u/wto-is, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...antiquity and excellency, were they that did imitate the unconceivable excellencies of God : such were David in his Psalms ; Solomon in his Song of Songs, in...