Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which satisfies the sense, no less than the almost superhuman wisdom of his philosophy satisfies the intellect ; it is a strain which distends, and then bursts the circumference of the... The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 97by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880Full view - About this book
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 256 pages
...Cicero sought to imitate the cadence of his periods, but with little success. Lord Bacon was a poet.* His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which...intellect ; it is a strain which distends, and then burst the circumference of the reader's mind, and pours itself forth together with it into the universal... | |
| 1905 - 1004 pages
...jaj,H The Nineteenth Century and After. (To be concluded.) WAS BACON A POET? "Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm which satisfies the sense, no less tban the almost superhuman wisdom of his philosophy satisfies the intellect. It is a strain which distends,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 246 pages
...Cicero sought to imitate the cadence of his periods, but with little success. Lord Bacon was a poet.* His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which...and then bursts the circumference of the reader's minrt, and pours itself forth together with it into the universal element with which it has perpetual... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1847 - 578 pages
...Cicero sought to imitate the cadence of his periods, but with little success. Lord Bacon was a poet.* His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which...and then bursts the circumference of the reader's muid, and pours itself forth together with it into the universal element with which it has perpetual... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 438 pages
...VERSE AND VOLUME VII His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which satisfies the sense;. . . it is a strain which distends, and then bursts the...universal element with which it has perpetual sympathy. I IF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IN VERSE AND PROSE NOW FIRST BROUGHT TOGETHER WITH MANY PIECES NOT BEFORE... | |
| Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 pages
...of his language, are the most intense that it is possible to conceive. . . . Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which...wisdom of his philosophy satisfies the intellect. . . . All the authors of revolutions in opinion are not only necessarily poets as they are inventors,... | |
| Philip Sidney - 1890 - 210 pages
...conceive. . . . Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm, which satisties the sense no less than the almost superhuman wisdom of his philosophy satisties the intellect. ... All the authors of revolutions in opinion are not only necessarily poets... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley, Albert Stanburrough Cook - 1890 - 120 pages
...Cicero sought to imitate the cadence of his periods, but with little success. Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm which satisfies the sense. ... All the authors of revolution in opinion are not only necessarily poets as they are inventors,... | |
| Edwin Reed - 1891 - 120 pages
...prose-poet of modern science, that I reverence Lord Bacon." — Sir Alexander Grant. "Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm which...circumference of the reader's mind, and pours itself forth with it into the universal element with which it has perpetual sympathy. the Pythian enthusiasm of... | |
| Edwin Reed - 1891 - 120 pages
...strain which distends and then bursts the circumference of the reader's mind, and pours itself forth with it into the universal element with which it has perpetual sympathy. " Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted... | |
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