 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 576 pages
...Part of Learning, in Meafure of Words for the niofl part reftrained, in Matter loofe and licens'd : And doth truly refer to the Imagination ^ which: being not tied to the Laws of Matter, may at Pleafure join that which Nature hath fevered, and fever that which Nature hath joined, and fo make... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 316 pages
...but in all other parts extremely licensed, and doth truly refer to the imagination ; which, not being tied to the laws of matter, may, at pleasure join that which nature has severed, and sever that which nature has joined ; and so make unlawful matches and divorces of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...that of the Memory. POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly...and so make unlawful matches and divorces of things; Pictoribits atque poetis, etc. It is taken in two senses, in respect of words, or matter ; in the first... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...that of the Memory. POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly...and divorces of things ; Pictoribus atque poetis, etc. It is taken in two senses, in respect of words, or matter ; in the first sense, it is but a character... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...that of the memory. POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly...and divorces of things ; " Pictoribus atque poetis, &c." (Painters and poets, &c.) It is taken in two senses, in respect of words, or matter ; in the first... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...well as after. . Poesy is a part of 'learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly...unlawful matches and divorces of things ; pictoribus, alque poetis, etc. It is taken in two senses, in respect of words, or matter ; in the first sense,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...to the imagination. 2. It is in words restrained : in matter unlicensed. The imagination not being tied to the laws of matter, may at pleasure join that...and so make unlawful matches and divorces of things. Pictonbus atque poetis, Quidlibet audendi, semper I'nit aequa potestas. 4. Its use is to satisfy the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...that of the Memory, POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly refer to the imagigination ; which being not tied to the laws of matter, may at pleasure join that which nature... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...Barnes's Manchester Memoirs. Imagination, not being tied to the laws of matter, it may, at plea«ore, join that which nature hath severed, and sever that which nature hath joined. Lord Bacon. Imagination sometimes puts'sceptres into our hands, or mitres OB our beads; shifts the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...that of the Memory. POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly...and divorces of things ; " Pictoribus atque poetis, &c." It is taken in two senses, in respect of words, or matter ; in the first sense it is but a character... | |
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POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly refer to the imagination; which, being not tied to the laws of matter, may at pleasure join that which nature hath... 
