 The use of this feigned history 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 inferior to the soul...  The Descent of Liberty: A Mask - xvi. lappuseautors: Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | John Brown - 1866 - 468 lapas
...the soul; by reason whereof, there is, agreeable to the spirit ufman, A MORE AMPLE GREATNESS, A MOKE EXACT GOODNESS AND A MORE ABSOLUTE VARIETY, than can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that Poesy" (and the others) " serveth and cimferreth to magnanimity, morality, and... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 lapas
...in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature...things doth deny it, the world being in proportion 1 AIlI-. of Learn., Book II. 3 Lib. II. c. 13. inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 lapas
...in prose as in verse. The use of this "fained" History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature...inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is (ie in poetry), agreeable to (in order to satisfy) the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1859 - 740 lapas
...Tennyson has given us the highest proof of his genius and culture in these ' feigned ' histories of a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and...variety, than can be found in the nature of * things' — tricked with few ornaments of style to disturb our vision of ' the shows wherewith he doth raise... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1857 - 598 lapas
...which Mr. Young has chosen for his motto, indicate very plainly his position : — ' The world being inferior to the ' soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a mere ' ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety ' than can be found in the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 lapas
...prose as irTverseT" 2. The use of this feigned history hath been to give I some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of .man in those points wherein the nature...ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute^arjetyj .than. can_be_fouridi.ja_the nature of ffimgs. TheiefQre,_because the acts or events... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1871 - 648 lapas
...ideal world — says that " the use of feigned histories hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature...variety, than can be found in the nature of things. And therefore poetry was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 406 lapas
...literature Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points, wherein the nature...the world being in proportion inferior to the soul. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 lapas
...literature Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points, wherein the nature...the world being in proportion inferior to the soul. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 392 lapas
...literature Lord Bacon says : "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points, wherein the nature...the world being in proportion inferior to the soul. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth... | |
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