 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
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...Olympus assures ? who with gods can unite ?* — 'Tis the Poet, revealing man's soul in its might.f therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it does raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...Olympus assures ? who with gods can unite ?* — 'Tis the Poet, revealing man's soul in its might.f therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it does raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas... | |
 | Henrietta Joan Fry - 1848 - 304 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...endueth them with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations : so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality,...delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to hare some participation of divineness, because it doth raiie and erect the mind, by submitting the... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...literature and the arts, and his brilliant conversation. Lord Bacon describes poetry as " having something of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of thing* to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things."... | |
 | James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - 1848 - 586 pages
...alternate variations. So as it appeared! that poesie 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 show of things to the desires... | |
 | 1848 - 622 pages
...them •with more rareness, and more unexpected and alternative variations ; so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation ; and therefore it was even thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - 488 pages
...it appeareth," says Lord Bacon, " that poetry serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and delectation; and, therefore, it was ever thought to...have some participation of divineness, because it does raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pages
...more Rarenefs, and more unexpected and alternative Variations : fo as it appeareth that, Poefy ferveth and conferreth to Magnanimity, Morality, and to Delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have fome participation of Divinenefs, becaufe it doth raife and erect the Mind, by fubmitting the fhews... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 pages
...endueth them with more rareness and more unexpected and alternative variations, so as it appeareth that poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And, therefore, it was even thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by... | |
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