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" For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth, without a formal seed, it hath sprung up and spread abroad more than any other kind : but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expressing of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs,... "
The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ... - Page 81
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...inventor of many of them. In this third part of learning, which is poesy, I can report no deficience. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 3

1821 - 400 pages
...Imagination, or every species of 51. Narrative . j . 2. Representative ( 3. Parabolical ; of which he says : " Being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth,...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 3

Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...every species of f 1. Narrative Poetry < 2. Representative ( 3. Parabolical ; of which he says : " Being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth,...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 3

1821 - 398 pages
...every species of C 1. Narrative Poetry < 2. Representative ( 3. Parabolical ; of which he says : " Being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth,...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 3

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...every species of f 1. Narrative Poetry < 2. Representative { 3. Parabolical ; of which he says : " Being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth,...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...inventor of many of them. In this third part of learning, which is poesy, I can report no deficience. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...part of learning, which is poesy, I can report/no defjciertce. For being as a plant that cometh ofthe lust of the earth, without a formal seed, it hath...and customs, we are beholding to poets more than to philosophers' works; and for wit and eloquence, not much less than to orators' harangues. But it is...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...inventor of many of them. In this third part of learning, which is poesy, I can report no deficience. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the...due, for the* expressing of affections, passions, cor ruptions, and customs, we are beholding to poets more than to the philosophers' works ; and for...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...stood excluded. ******** In this third part of learning, which is poesy, I can report no deficience. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...inventor of many of them. In this third part of learning, which is poesy, I can report no deficience. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the...but to ascribe unto it that which is due, for the expression of affections, passions, corruptions, and customs, we are beholden to poets more than to...
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