 History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in the 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 man a more...  The Descent of Liberty: A Mask - Page xviby Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Barry - 1831 - 228 pages
...imitative arts ; speaking of poetry, he remarks most admirably and justly. " The use of thisfained historic hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...in those points, wherein the nature of things doth denie it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soule: by reason whereof there is agreeable... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...is nothing el«p but feigned history. The tur oft/iiifeignril hiilnry hath heen to give some shadows of 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... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 214 pages
...behests with more accuracy than Bacon himself. "The use of poesy (says he in the advancement of learning) hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature ot things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there... | |
 | 1847 - 584 pages
...feigned history," under which he includes all the ideal arts — " the use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to... | |
 | James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 pages
...arts. Speaking of poetry, he remarks most admirably and justly — "The use of this fained historie hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the...in those points wherein the nature of things doth denie it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soule : by reason •whereof there is agreeable... | |
 | 1853 - 604 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 mind of man in the points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 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 mind of man in the points wherein the nature of things doth deny it — the world being in proportion inferior to... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 pages
...feigned history, which may be styled ae well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in the points wherein the nature of things doth deny it — the world being in proportion inferior to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 872 pages
...of poetry. Poetry .... is nothing else than Feigned History. . . . The use of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man on those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it ; the world being in proportion inferior... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pages
...NOTES ON ART. « The utt of this feigned history " (the Ideal Arts of J'oe^, Patntins, ifutic, $c.) "hath been to give SOME SHADOW OF SATISFACTION TO THE MIND OF MAN IN THESE POINTS WHEREIN THE NATURE OF THINGS DOTH DENT IT, the world being in proportion inferior to the... | |
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