 | Henry Allon - 1857 - 598 pages
...words of Bacon, which Mr. Young has chosen for his motto, indicate very plainly his position : — ' The world being inferior to the ' soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a mere ' ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety ' than can be found in the... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...as in verse. The use of this "fained" 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 ; by reason whereof there is (ie in poetry), agreeable to (in order... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...as in verse . 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 ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man, a more... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1871 - 648 pages
...world — says that " the use of feigned histories 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 ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 406 pages
...Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has 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. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 pages
...Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has 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. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 408 pages
...Lord Bacon says: "The use of this feigned history has 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. . . . Therefore because the acts or events of true history have... | |
 | Emma Tatham - 1872 - 350 pages
...for its utility thus : — " The use of poetry has 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 ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1872 - 966 pages
...expression : " 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; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 438 pages
...^ in verse. 2. 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 \vorld being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit... | |
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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... 
