 | 1830 - 592 pages
...learning which Bacon so beautifully describes, as consisting " more in hunting after words than matter ; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...falling, of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes and figurcst than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument,... | |
 | William Orme - 1830 - 570 pages
...composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment." Baxter was superior to all this. Truth in all its majesty and infinite importance alone occupied the... | |
 | William Orme - 1831 - 378 pages
...the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes aud figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment." Baxter was superior to all this. Truth in all its majesty and infinite importance alone occupied the... | |
 | 1833 - 516 pages
...learning which Bacon so beautifully describes, as consisting " more in hunting after words than matter ; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument,... | |
 | 1833 - 490 pages
...learning which Bacon so beautifully describes, as consisting " more in hunting after words than matter ; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument,... | |
 | William Gray - 1835 - 124 pages
...to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of phrase, and the round and clean composition of the...the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argusubstance or profit." See vol. ii. p. 38. et seq. of the beautiful edition of Bacon's Works now... | |
 | Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1837 - 286 pages
...than matter; and more after the choiceness of phrase, the round and clean composition of the sentence; the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment." When such is the nature of compositions, what must result? The very food taken in by the mind is unhealthy.... | |
 | 1871 - 870 pages
...Bacon criticising the literature introduced by the Reformation, says : " Men began to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of...than after the -weight of matter, worth of subject, expends his main strength. In mentally answering it to himself he will be impelled to use certain words.... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1846 - 556 pages
...then began to flourish. This," says he, " grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of...judgment. Then grew the flowing and watery vein of Osorins, the Portugal bishop, to be in price; then did Sturmins spend such infinite and curious pains... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...speech, which then hegan to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess ; for men hegan to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of...figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of suhject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and... | |
| |
This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... 
