 | Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1851 - 376 pages
...more unexpected and alternative Variations : fo as it appeareth that, Poefy ferveth and conferreth to Magnanimity, Morality, and to Delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have fome participation of Divinenefs, becaufe it doth raife and erect the Mind, by fubmitting the fhews... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1853 - 434 pages
...ideal. Lord Bacon's definition of poetry comprehends the whole matter. " Poetry serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And,...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind." Now, Wordsworth, whether he appears to sing of the past... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 604 pages
...with more rareness, so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to have some participation of divinenes?, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations : sp as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth rancis Bacon shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...literature and the arts, and his brilliant conversation. Lord Bacon describes poetry as " having something of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind to the nature... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1855 - 530 pages
...rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...it was ever thought to have some participation of divineneas, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires... | |
 | David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 494 pages
...with more rareness, so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas Reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 528 pages
...with more rareness, so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas Reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1857 - 900 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations. So as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...much new matter Introduced : among the rest, a whole paragraph concerning the true use and dignity of dramatic poetry, as a vehicle of moral instruction... | |
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And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. 
