 | English literature - 1795 - 758 pages
...this feigned hiftofy hath been td give fome fhadow of fatisfaflion to the mind of man in thofe point?, wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being, in proportion, inferior to the foul; by reafon whereof there is, agreeable to the fpiritof many a more ample greatnefs, a more exaft... | |
 | George Dyer - English poetry - 1812 - 240 pages
...of this feigned history hath been to give -*some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points, wherein the nature of things doth deny it,...reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of roan, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more ample variety, than can be found in... | |
 | George Dyer - Cambridge (England) - 1814 - 320 pages
...satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points wherein -the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is,...events of true history, have not that magnitude which satisfitth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and ยป See Bishop Newton's Life of Milton. The biographer... | |
 | George Dyer - Cambridge (England) - 1814 - 316 pages
...of this feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to tbe mind of man, in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 156 pages
...feigned history (Poetry) hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man, in those points, wherein the nature of things doth deny it,...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, Poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical: because true... | |
 | England - 1865 - 790 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" i Where, in fine, is the art -creation that " doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
 | England - 1865 - 804 pages
...where are the pictures which testify that " the world is in proportion inferior to the soul, and that there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample...variety, than can be found in the nature of things" 1 Where, in fine, is the art - creation that " doth raiae and erect the mind by submitting the show... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it,...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical : because true... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it,...events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical ; because true... | |
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The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul... 
