 In the later it is, as hath been said, one of the principal portions of learning, and is nothing else but FEIGNED HISTORY; which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this FEIGNED HISTORY hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction...  The Dream of Pythagoras: And Other Poems - 42. lappuseautors: Emma Tatham - 1872 - 331 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 lapas
...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind...things doth deny it, the world being in proportion l Adv. of Learn., Book II. t Lib. nc 13. inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 lapas
...(feigned) History, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this "fained" History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind...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 - 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
...may be styled as well in 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...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... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 406 lapas
...cannot be computed. Of its products in literature Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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 - 408 lapas
...cannot be computed. Of its products in literature Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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
...cannot be computed. Of its products in literature Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...the world being in proportion inferior to the soul. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 438 lapas
...history, which may be styled as well in prose as ^ in verse. 2. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the \vorld being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1874 - 496 lapas
...symmetry, an etherial grace, which Nature never has. It is the province of poetry, as Bacon says, " to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it—the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 lapas
...Feigned History, which may be styled as well 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 the points wherein the nature of things doth deny it — the world being in proportion inferior to... | |
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