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... The Advancement of Learning - Page 97by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...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 roan, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more ample variety, than can be found in... | |
| George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points wherein -the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is,...events of true history, have not that magnitude which satisfitth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and » See Bishop Newton's Life of Milton. The biographer... | |
| 1865 - 804 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" 1 Where, in fine, is the art - creation that " doth raiae and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
| 1865 - 790 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" i Where, in fine, is the art -creation that " doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...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...ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolnte variety, than can be found in the nature of things. Therefore, because the acts or events... | |
| James Barry - 1831 - 228 pages
...points, wherein the nature of things doth denie it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soule: by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatnesse, a more exact goodnesse, and a more absolute variety than can be found in the nature of... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 474 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man in tho;e points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being, in proportion, inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agrceable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exaet goodness, and a more absolute... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...340 NOTE IV.— Text 265. PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION. I. The mind aspires to perfection. Tins world is inferior to the soul, by reason whereof there is....variety than can be found in the nature of things. — BACON. The soul during her confinement within this prison of the body, is doomed by fate to undergo... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...looks through to the cause of all things. NOTE IV.—Text 265. PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION. Tins world is inferior to the soul, by reason whereof there is,...absolute variety than can be found in the nature of things.—BACON. I. The mind aspires to perfection. The soul during her confinement within this prison... | |
| 1841 - 832 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of thing» doth dray it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason...whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a mort- ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, th:m can be found in the... | |
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