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" 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... "
Peacock's Four Ages of Poetry: Shelley's Defence of Poetry, Browning's Essay ... - Page 30
by Thomas Love Peacock - 1921 - 112 pages
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A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the ...

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 256 pages
...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...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...
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The Living Age, Volume 245

1905 - 1004 pages
...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,...
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Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Italy - 1845 - 246 pages
...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...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...
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The works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, ed. by mrs. Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fore-edge painting - 1847 - 578 pages
...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...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...
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The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, how First ..., Volume 7

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...
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The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 3

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Prose literature - 1880 - 444 pages
...WORKS. VOLUME III. His language has a sweet aud majestic rhytlmi. which satisfies the sense . . .; it ia a strain which distends, and then bursts the circumference...universal element with which it has perpetual sympathy. • THE PROSE WORKS PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY EDITED BY HARRY BUXTON FORMAN IN FOUR VOLUMES VOLUME III LONDON...
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A Defense of Poetry: Edited with Introd. and Notes

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Albert Stanburrough Cook - Poetry - 1890 - 120 pages
...success. 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...forth together with it into the universal element with 25 which it has perpetual sympathy. All the authors _o£ revolutions in opinion are not only necessarily...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1890 - 206 pages
...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 satisfies the...wisdom of his philosophy satisfies the intellect. . . . All the authors of revolutions in opinion are not only necessarily poets as they are inventors,...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - Poetry - 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...
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Brief for Plaintiff: Bacon Vs. Shakespeare

Edwin Reed - 1891 - 120 pages
...science, that I reverence Lord Bacon." — Sir Alexander Grant. "Lord Bacon was a poet. His language has a sweet and majestic rhythm which satisfies 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...
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