 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 Monist - 608. lappuselaboja - 1921Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Edmund Burke - 1877
...imagination can soar as well as sink, and that, in the words of Lord Bacon, the use of art "hath been and is to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it." The number of pictorial works hung this year was 1,346. This is slightly below the average of five... | |
 | George Dyer - 1812
...philosophy, speaks on this subject with much dignity and effect : " 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 world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814
...history which may be styled as well in prose as poetry. " The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...points wherein -the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man,... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814
...prose as poetry. " The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to tbe mind of man, in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 lapas
...apT pears to have been almost intuitive : " The use of this feigned history (Poetry) hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 lapas
...: - ; " The use of this feigned history (Poetry) hath been to give some shadow of satisfac-< tion 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 ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the... | |
 | 1865
...Academy we would, in the words of Lord Bacon, ask, Where are the works which, as feigned histories, " give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man...those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it " ? where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and... | |
 | 1865
...Academy we would, in the words of Lord Bacon, ask, Where are the works which, as feigned histories, " give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man...those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it " ? where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
...history, which may be stiled 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...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 spirit... | |
 | 1843
...though the passage is rather hackneyed as a quotation. " The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...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 spirit... | |
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