 And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, 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.  The North American Review - Page 2661843Full view - About this book
 | James Barry - 1831 - 228 pages
...alternative variations. So as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimitie, moralitie, and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divinenesse, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shew of things to the desires... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 474 pages
...more hcroieal : — so it appearcth that poesy serveth to and confcrreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, hy submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth Imckle and how the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations: so as it appeareth that, poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality,...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...be so called, perhaps the best explanation is that given by Lord Bacon, where he says, that " poetry doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to Ihn desires of the mind;" though here, as in all the rest of the discussion, we should ever bear in... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferred] to magnanimity, morality and to delectation. And therefore...it was ever thought to have some participation of dirineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...soul." " Poesy," he continues, in a sentence which shows that the light of truth was in his heart, " serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...thought to have some participation of divineness, bccauseit doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to tfiedesires of the mind,"... | |
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1839 - 404 pages
...that Poesy servcth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation. And therefore it was even thought to have some participation of divineness,...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 540 pages
...continues, in a sentence which shows that the light of truth was in his heart, " serveth and conferrelh to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And,...therefore, it was ever thought to have some participation ofdivincness, bccauseit doth raise and erect the mind-, by submitting the shews of things to tJie desires... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...renowned in story." * It appeareth that poetry serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality and delectation ; and therefore it was ever thought to...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the show3 of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth humble and bow the mind unto the nature... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 396 pages
...renowned in story." * It appeareth that poetry serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality and delectation ; and therefore it was ever thought to...participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect ttie mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth humble... | |
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