...styled [written] as well in prose as in Terse. The use of this feigned history hath been, to giro some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, tho world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof, there is agreeable to the spirit...

...of things ; " " The use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it." The battle, we say, must be fought with these phrases. Nor is the battle confined to the art of painting....

...of things ; " " The use of feigned history is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it." The battle, we say, must be fought with these phrases. Nor is the battle confined to the art of painting....

...OF TRINITY COLLEG-E, CAMBRIDGE J AUTHOR OF "ART: ITS CONSTITUTION AND CAPACITIES," " The world being inferior to the soul : by reason whereof, there is...variety than can be found in the nature of things." LORD BACON : On the Advancement of Learning Bk, II, LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, AND ROBERTS....

...invention, but in the discovery of truth : — not only, in Lord Bacon's words, " for the invention of a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety," but to revive the neglected glories of the world as it is, to gather the fragments of splendour from...

...which Mr. Young has chosen for his motto, indicate very plainly his position : — ' The world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is...variety than can be found in the nature of things.' Such is the ground occupied alike by the lovers of Plato and the lovers of Bacon; in fact, by every...

..." The use of feigned history, or fiction, is to give to the mind of man some shadow of satisfaction in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it." The sympathies of Dickens have ever been with this Baconian theory ; and though many may affect to contemn...

...existence of poetry, and pleads for its utility thus : — " The use of poetry has been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man, in those...variety, than can be found in the nature of things."* This effort, " to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind,'' which proves the necessity of poetry,...

...may be styled as well in prose as in verse. The use of this feigned history hath been to jive some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those...there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample jreatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things....

...For if the matter be attentively considered, a sound argument may be drawn from Poesy, to show that there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more perfect order, and a more beautiful variety than it can anywhere (since the Fall) find in nature. And...