 Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in the 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.  A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ... - Page 205by William Minto - 1892 - 552 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it is certain they never pronounced. * * * * ' Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word Mtf*n<n?, that is to say, ' a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth:' to speak metaphorically,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it is certain they never pronounced. * * * * ' Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation ; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word Mi/«!<n?, that is to say, ' a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth :' to speak... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...very description, which no man will deny, shall not justly be barred from a principal 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 figuring forth, to speak metaphorically.... | |
 | 1831 - 368 pages
...very description, which no man will deny, shall not justly be barred from a principal 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 figuring forth : to speak... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1860 - 412 pages
...very description, which no man will deny, shall not justly be barred from a principal 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 figuring forth : to speak metaphorically,... | |
 | William Purton - 1865 - 176 pages
...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... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...very description, which no man will deny, shall not justly be barred from a principal 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 figuring forth : to speak metaphorically,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...very description, which no man will deny, shall not justly be barred from a principal commendation. Cc the word ,«.« ;;.ri , ; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth : to speak... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...not worse than the average of his time. Sometimes, when he ought to begin a new paragraph, he does not even begin a new sentence. The following passage...imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word Miniesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth : to speak metaphorically,... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 230 pages
...advances a definition, which is substantially the same as Aristotle's : "Poesy is an artjjLjmitation ; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or...picture ; with this end to teach and delight." Of poets there have been three general kinds : .first, " they^ that did .imitate the inconceivable excellences... | |
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