 For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered...  Poems: Now First Collected - Page 165by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - 1866 - 214 pages
...that which would be produced were it merely a passive recipient ? " The mind of man," says Bacon, " is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things shall reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1866 - 690 pages
...that which would be produced were it merely a passive recipient ? " The mind of man," says Bacon, " is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things shall reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like VOL. I. o 1 86 uii enchanted... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 pages
...the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. N. 0. W. iv, 54, tr. The mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let 50 us consider the false appearances that are imposed. upon ns by the general... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 634 pages
...thereof. For the mind of Man is farre from the Nature of a cleare and equall glasse, wherein the beames of things should reflect according to their true incidence; Nay, it is rather like an inchanted glasse, full of superstition and Imposture, if it bee not delivered and reduced. Adv. of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 678 pages
...the mind of Man is farre ifrom the Nature of a cleare and equall glasse, wherein the beames of thine* should reflect according to their true incidence; Nay, it is rather like an tinchanted glasse, full of superstition and Imposture, if it hee not deliveres .and reduced. Adv. oj... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Knowledge, Theory of - 1876 - 504 pages
...understanding in some particulars, but doth more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
 | George Harris - Human beings - 1876 - 588 pages
...here adverte'l to, and with characteristic penetration, that " the mind of man is far from being of the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the...reflect according to their true incidence ; nay it is like an enchanted jrlims, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered aud reduced."... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...understanding in some particulars, but doth more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
 | William Aldis Wright - Bible - 1884 - 698 pages
...Rich. III., fol. 10 b. The glass of fashion and the mould of form. Shakespeare, Hamlet, lll. 1. 161. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. Bacon, Adv. of Learning, 11. 14, ยง 9 (ed. Wright, p. 161). Crlede, sb. (Deut. xiv. 13). AS glida, a kite;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...understanding in some particulars, but doth more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
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