 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.  Of the Advancement of Learning - Page 81by Francis Bacon - 1915 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace - 1766 - 282 pages
...it;" who gives it• as the effential note of this part of learning — THAT IT SUBMITS THE SHEWS. OF THINGS TO THE DESIRES OF THE MIND : WHEREAS REASON DOTH: BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE NATURE OF THINGS. For to gratify tie dejires of the mind, is to PLEASE : Pleafure then, in... | |
 | Horace - 1776 - 280 pages
...of it; who gives it as the efiential note of this part of learning — THAT IT SUBMITS THE SHEWS OF THINGS TO THE DESIRES OF THE MIND : WHEREAS REASON DOTH BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE K 4 NATURE NATURE OF THINGS. For to gratify the defires of the mind, is to PLEASE : Pleafurj... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 374 pages
...of it ; who gives it as the essential note of this part of learning — THAT IT SUBMITS THE SHEWS OF THINGS TO THE DESIRES OF THE MIND: WHEREAS REASON DOTH BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE NATURE OF THINGS. For to gratify the desires of the mind, is to PLEASE: Pleasure then, in... | |
 | George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...serveth and conserved! to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things *." I close these testimonies,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 pages
...serveth, and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation ; and therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting , the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth humble and bow the mind to the nature... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | 1843 - 706 pages
...and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And, therefore, it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it...mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." — Advancement of Learning, pp. 142, 143. After listening to the music... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it...by submitting the shows of things to the desires of thfe mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. And we see, that... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
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