 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 872 pages
...to which Bacon assigns the merit of poetry. Poetry .... is nothing else than Feigned History. . . . The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it ; the world being in proportion inferior... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 pages
...learning, and is nothing else but Feigned History, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this Feigned History hath been to give...reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pages
...NOTES ON ART. « The utt of this feigned history " (the Ideal Arts of J'oe^, Patntins, ifutic, $c.) "hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DENT IT, the world being in proportion inferior to the... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 516 pages
...NOTES ON ART. " The use of this feigned history " (the Ideal Arts of Poesy, Painting, Music, &c.) " hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DENY IT, the world being in proportion inferior to the... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 492 pages
..."hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATUKE OF THINGS DOTH DENY IT, the world being in proportion...reason whereof, there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, A MORE AMPLE GREATNESS, A MORE EXACT GOODNESS AND A MORE ABSOLUTE VARIETY, than can be found in... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 488 pages
...NOTES ON ART. " The use of {his feigned history " (the Ideal Arts of Poesy, Painting, Music, <fc.) "hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DENY IT, the world being in proportion inferior to the... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 360 pages
...SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THB HIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DEMY IT, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereoft there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, A MORB AMPLE GREATNESS, A If ORB KXACT GOODNESS,... | |
 | John Parry - 1863 - 796 pages
...The use of this feigned history hath been to give eomo shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny...reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety than can be found in... | |
 | John Parry - 1863 - 780 pages
...The use of this feigned history hath been to gire some shadow of satisfaction to the mint! of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior tu the soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, ж... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 pages
...epigrams, and odes are included. Feigned History, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this Feigned History hath been to give...reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in... | |
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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... 
