The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those 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... Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 354by Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...of satisfaction to the mind of man in those 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 roan, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more ample variety, than can be found in... | |
| George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points wherein -the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is,...events of true history, have not that magnitude which satisfitth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and ยป See Bishop Newton's Life of Milton. The biographer... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 156 pages
...of satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points, wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being, in proportion, inferior to the soul ;...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true... | |
| 1865 - 804 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" 1 Where, in fine, is the art - creation that " doth raiae and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
| 1865 - 790 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" i Where, in fine, is the art -creation that " doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul : by...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true... | |
| 1843 - 706 pages
...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth act& and events greater and more heroical : because true... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true... | |
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