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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. "
Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ... - Page 96
by George Dyer - 1812
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 236 pages
...variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to...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...
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Essays and Reviews, Volume 1

Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 pages
...poetry comprehends the whole matter. " Poetry serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind." Now, Wordsworth, whether he appears...
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The North British Review, Volume 19

1853 - 604 pages
...therefore Poesy endueth them 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...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...variations : sp as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delecta by submitting' the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 530 pages
...alternative variations : so as it appeareth, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore 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...
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - 1856 - 528 pages
...therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness, so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore,...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...
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - 1856 - 494 pages
...therefore Poesy endueth them with more rareness, so as it appeareth that Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore,...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...
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1

Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...more unexpected variations : so, as it appeareth, that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity and delectation ; and, therefore, it was ever thought...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...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...variations. So as it appeareth that ^)oesy servcth and confcrreth to magnanimity, morality, ./ and to delectation./ And therefore it was ever thought to...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of 1 De Aug. ii. 13. The arrangement is partly altered...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...alternative variations. So as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of 1 De Aug. li. 13. The arrangement is partly altered...
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