 | Philip Sidney - 1909 - 204 страници
...commendation. 2 Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word f1ipria1s ; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...speaking picture, \ with this end, to teach and delight. 3 Of this have been three general kinds : the chief, both in antiquity and excellency, where they that... | |
 | SIR PHILIP SIDNEY TO MACAULAY - 1910 - 474 страници
...learning. Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word ftifajmy, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...speak metaphorically, a speaking picture, with this end,—to teach and delight. Of this have been three general kinds. The chief, both in antiquity and... | |
 | Arthur H. R. Fairchild - 1912 - 290 страници
...imagination;" it is "indeed something divine." Sidney tells us that poetry "is an art of imitation ... a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth;...picture, with this end, — to teach and delight." Milton says poetry should be "simple, sensuous, and passionate." Coleridge says: "Good sense is the... | |
 | Arthur H. R. Fairchild - 1912 - 286 страници
...imagination;" it is "indeed something divine." Sidney tells us that poetry "is an art of imitation ... a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth;...speak metaphorically, a speaking picture, with this end,—to teach and delight." Milton says poetry should be "simple, sensuous, and passionate." Coleridge... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 страници
...Poesy therefore is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle 'mime^s.' termeth it in his word Mimesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...forth : to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture. Sir P. SIDNEY, Apology for Poetry, c. 1583. Poetical That imitation, whereof poetry is, hath the most... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1914 - 632 страници
...in his word Mimesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfe1ting, or figuring foorth : to speake metaphorically, a speaking picture: with this end, to teach and delight; of this haue beene three seuerall kindes. The chiefe both in antiquitie and excellencie, were they that did... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1915 - 528 страници
...notes here again comes from Sir Philip Sidney. In his Apology 5), poetry is "an art of Imitation, . . . to speak metaphorically , a speaking picture; with this end, to teach and delighf. The italics are mine. Spenser6) gives evidence of the contemporary demand, for pleasure in... | |
 | Edmund David Jones - 1922 - 522 страници
...commendation. Poesy therefore is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word Mimesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth — to speak metaphorically, asp_eakin|°; picture : with this end, to teach and delight! Of this have been three several kinds.... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 страници
...supreme the writers of the Old Testament. " The chief," he says, " both in antiquity and excellence, were they that did imitate the inconceivable excellencies of God. Such were David and his Psalms ; Solomon in his Song of Songs, in his Ecclesiastes and Proverbs ; Moses and Deborah... | |
 | George Reuben Potter - 1928 - 640 страници
...Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word /"/'.•/;«•«; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...excellencies of God. Such were David in his Psalms; Salomon in his Song of Songs, in his Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs; Moses and Deborah in their hymns;... | |
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Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word Mimesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth: to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture : with this end, to teach and delight; of this have... 
