 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
 | John Brown - 1861 - 516 pages
...VARIETY, than can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that Poesy" (and the others] " serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and...IT DOTH RAISE AND ERECT THE MIND, BY SUBMITTING THE SHEWS OF THINGS TO THE DESIRES OF THE MIND; whereas reason" (science, philosophy] "doth buckle and... | |
 | 1861 - 634 pages
...imitation,'' in the sense that it finds its models in Nature ; or, as another philosopher has said, " poetry doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desire of the mind." Religion fathoms the lowest depths and the sublimest heights of Nature ; it is... | |
 | 1861 - 636 pages
...imitation, " in the sense that it finds its models in Nature ; or, as another philosopher has said, " poetry doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desire of the mind." Religion fathoms the lowest depths and the sublimest heights of Nature ; it is... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pages
...than can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that Poesy " ( and the others) " seroeth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was even thought to have some participation ofdivineness because IT DOTH RAISE AND DIRECT THE MIND, BY... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 360 pages
...thtnt can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that t'ocfi" (and the others) " tervelh and conferreth to magnanimity , morality , and to delectation. And therefore it was ever thought lohave some participation ofdivinencss because IT DOTH RAISE AND ERECT THE IIIND, BY SUBMITTING! THE... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 488 pages
...the nature of things, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires.of the mind." It is " the wondrous and goodly paterne " of which Spenser sings in his " Hyrane... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 492 pages
...VARIETY, than can be found in the nature of things. So it appeareth that Poesy" (and the others) " serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation. And therefore it was even thought to have some participation qfdivineness because IT DOTH RAISE AND DIKECT THE MIND, BY... | |
 | John Parry - 1863 - 796 pages
...rareness, so that it appcareth that potfy лсгте/Л and cunfcrrctli to nmcriwïîiimiif/, morality, and delectation. And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, btcausc it doth raise and ertft the mind by submitting tltf show» of things to the desires of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves.1 Advancement of Learning. Book i. (1605.) It [Poesy] was ever thought to have some participation of divineness,...it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of tilings to the desires of the mind. Ibid. Book ii. 1 As in the little, so in the great world,... | |
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