 | 1795 - 758 pages
...this feigned hiftofy hath been td give fome fhadow of fatisfaflion to the mind of man in thofe point?, wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being, in proportion, inferior to the foul; by reafon whereof there is, agreeable to the fpiritof many a more ample greatnefs, a more exaft... | |
 | George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...philosophy, speaks on this subject with much dignity and effect : " The use of this feigned history hath been to give -*some shadow of satisfaction to...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
...that feigned history which may be styled as well in prose as poetry. " The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...-the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness,... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 316 pages
...prose as poetry. " The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to tbe 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, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...knowledge apT pears to have been almost intuitive :• — " The use of this feigned history (Poetry) hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...:— - ; " The use of this feigned history (Poetry) hath been to give some shadow of satisfac-< tion to the mind of man, in those points wherein the nature...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...feigned history, which may be stiled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 640 pages
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 | 1843 - 706 pages
...sentences, though the passage is rather hackneyed as a quotation. " The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...feigned history, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...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... | |
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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... 
