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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and ... - Page 343
by Francis Bacon - 1859
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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...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things *." I close these testimonies,...
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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...submitting , the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth humble and bow the mind to the nature of things"' The human mind is...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 160 pages
...more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth, that Pob esy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." BACON. SOME ACCOUNT...
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The Descent of Liberty: A Mask

Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth, that Pob esy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...it was ever thought to have some participation of diyineness, 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
...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. And we see, that...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

1843 - 706 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so, as it appeareth, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And,...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of thfe mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. And we see, that...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...and. more unexpected and alternative variations: so as it appeareth that, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And...by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. And we see, that...
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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...participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect _the mindj by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth / buckle...
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