One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that... The Essays, Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The Wisdom of the Ancients - Página 50por Francis Bacon - 1861 - 360 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Francis Bacon - 1720 - 528 páginas
...but the Lie that finks in, and fettles in it ; fuch f mean as we fpake of before. But howfoever thefe Things are thus, in Men's depraved Judgments and Affections, yet TRUTH (which only doth judge itfelf) teaches, that the Inquiry after TRUT H, which is the Lovemaking, or Wooing of it; the Knowledge... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1720 - 556 páginas
...Poefie, the Wine of T)evils* becmfe xt ft\\s the Imagination with vain Things; though Poefie is but the Shadow of a Lie. But it is not the Lie, that paiTes through the Mind, that does the Hurt; but the Lie that finks in, and fettles in it ; fuch I... | |
| 1801 - 446 páginas
...melancholy, and indisposition. One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy " 'vinum damonum" because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. it is not the lie which darts through the mind; but the lie that sinketh in, that doth the hurt. You... | |
| 1843 - 626 páginas
...paradoxical ; but, as Lord Bacon says, ' Works of imagination hurt not a child : taking them at the worst, it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settlclh in it, which doth the hurt ;' and it may be justly questioned whether, in banishing the world... | |
| Manual - 1809 - 288 páginas
...the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, riinn/t divmonum, the devil's wine, because it fills the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. It is not, however, the lie that passes through the mind, but the lie that sinks in, and settles in... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 páginas
...and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, vinum dcemonum ; because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lye. But it is not the lye that passeth through the mind, but the lye that sinketh in, and settleth... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 páginas
...themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, vinum dcemontim ; because it fiUeth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lye. But it is not the lye that passeth through the mind, but the lye that sinketh in, and settleth... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 páginas
...and unpleasing to themselves? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, " vinum daemonum," because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is...But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, -out the lie, that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But... | |
| 1821 - 416 páginas
...uupleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, " vinum daemonum," becanse it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with...lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie, that sinkcth in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 páginas
...unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, " vinum daemonum," because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is...the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie, thatsinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these... | |
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