...the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it'. The spirit of man wants 'a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...variety, than can be found in the nature of things.' Poetry 'was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect...

...hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion...variety than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the...

...hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. . . . And therefore [poesy] was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth...