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" And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things. "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 88
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind...hath with music, it hath had access and estimation in rude times and barbarous regions, where other learning stood excluded. The division of poesy, which...
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Books and Reading: Or, What Books Shall I Read and how Shall I Read Them?

Noah Porter - 1877 - 420 pages
...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." — On the Advancement of Learning. If Lord Bacon is right then there is nothing in the nature of a...
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Books and Reading: Or, What Books Shall I Read and how Shall I Read Them?

Noah Porter - 1877 - 420 pages
...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things."—On the Advancement of Learning: If Lord Bacon is right then there is nothing in the nature...
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On the Right Use of Books: A Lecture

William Parsons Atkinson - 1878 - 86 pages
...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas, reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things ; " * whether, in more modern times, we define it, with Shelley, as " the best and happiest thoughts...
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The Earlier Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1826-1833

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1878 - 272 pages
...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." — A dvancement of Learning, Book 2. NOTE (»). Wherein Conception only dies in state, As Draco smother'...
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Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1878 - 264 pages
...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,"— Advancement of Learning, Book 2. NOTE (n). Wherein Conception only dies in state, As Draco smother'd...
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Darwin, Carlyle, Dickens, the Fools, Jesters, and Comic Characters in ...

Samuel Davey - 1879 - 302 pages
...divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." — Lord Bacon. THE RELATION OF POETRY TO HISTORY, ILLUSTRATED BY SHAKSPEARE'S ENGLISH HISTORICAL PLAYS...
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Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and ...

Evelyn Abbott - 1880 - 518 pages
...divine; " poetry doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." The very emphasis and fulness of Plato's polemic against dramatic literature must make us feel that...
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Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and ...

Evelyn Abbott - 1880 - 520 pages
...; " poetry doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of tilings to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." The very emphasis and fulness of Plato's polemic against dramatic literature must make us feel that...
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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; 9 whereas reason doth buckle 10 and bow the mind unto the nature of things. And we...hath with music, it hath had access and estimation in rude times and barbarous regions, where other learning stood excluded. As all works do show forth the...
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