 | Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...fhould be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it, by fome one by whom he pre-fuppoleth it was done, fb as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example. A perfect picture (I fay.) for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philofopher beftoweth... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1787 - 158 pages
...was done, fo as he conpleth the general notion with the particular example. A perfect picture (I fay) for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philofopher beftoweth but a wordim defcription, which doth neither ftrike, pierce, nor poflefs the... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...many more arguwhom he presupposeth it was done ; so as ¡ ments, no less just than ingenious, in proof he coupleth the general notion with the particular...the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher hestoweth hut a wordish description, which doth neither strike, pierce, nor possess the sight of the... | |
 | 1830 - 530 pages
...phi• losopher sail li sho. sfiveth a perfect picture of it, by some ene by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with...bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strikt1, pierce, nor possess the sight of the soul, so much as that other doth. For as, in outward... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...philosopher.saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it, by some ene by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example. A perfect picture, 1 say ; for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth... | |
 | Maria James - American poetry - 1839 - 172 pages
...great mass of the people. " The poet" says Sir Philip Sydney,* " is your right popular philosopher — He yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of...which doth neither strike, pierce, nor possess the soul so much as that other doth." Indeed before we ridicule the cultivation among the poor of a taste... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...philosopher saith should be done : he giveth a perfect picture of it, by some one by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with...for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image, whereof the philosopher bestowcth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike, pierce, nor... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it, by some one by whom he pre-supposeth it was done ; so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example. A perfect picture, I say,—for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it, by some one by whom he pre-supposeth it was done ; so as he coupleth the general notion with...particular example. A perfect picture, I say, — for he yicldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1860 - 404 pages
...philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it, by some one by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example. A perfect pifiture, I say ; for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher... | |
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Now doth the peerless poet perform both; for whatsoever the philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it in some one by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example. 
