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" So as it appeareth that poesy 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 shows of things... "
The Descent of Liberty: A Mask - Page xviii
by Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 pages
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Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...

George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...alternative variations ; so that it appeareth that poesy 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...
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The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral ..., Volumes 1-2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 pages
...appeareth," he adds in another place, " that Poesy 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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so, as it appeareth, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...with more rareness, and. more unexpected and alternative variations: so as it appeareth that, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth poesy serveth and conierreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect _the mindj by submitting the shews of things to the desires...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 1

1825 - 412 pages
...retribution, and more according to revealed Providence : so as it appeareth, poesy serveth to magnanimity, to morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it loth raise and erect the mind, by subjniting the shows of things to the desires...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...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...
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