 | Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...but a wordifh defcription, which doth, neither ftrike, pierce, nor poflefs the fight of the foul, io much as that other, doth. For as, in outward things, to a man that had never feen an elephant, or a rhinoceros, who fhould tell him moft exquifitely, all their fhape, colour, bignefs,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...say) for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that, whereof the Philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description ; which doth neither strike,...elephant or a rhinoceros, who should tell him most exquisitively all their shape, colour, bigness, and particular marks? or of a gorgeous palace, an architect,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...say) for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that, whereof the Philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description ; which doth neither strike,...elephant or a rhinoceros, who should tell him most exquisitively all their shape, colour, bigness, and particular marks? or of a gorgeous palace, an architect,... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...say, — for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike,...the sight of the soul, so much as that other doth." — " So, no doubt, the philosopher with his learned definitions, be it of virtues or vices, matters... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 378 pages
...say, — for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike,...the sight of the soul, so much as that other doth." — " So, no doubt, the philosopher with his learned definitions, be it of virtues or vices, matters... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...say, — for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike,...the sight of the soul, so much as that other doth." — " So, no doubt, the philosopher with his learned definitions, be it of virtues or vices, matters... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...—for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher hestoweth hut a wordish description, which doth neither strike, pierce, nor possess the sight of the soul, so much asJhat other doth." — "So, no douht, the philosopher with his learned definitions, he it of virtues... | |
 | 1830 - 548 pages
...say ; for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike,...should tell him most exquisitely all their shape, colour, bigness, and particular marks ? or of a gorgeous palace, an architect, who, declaring the full... | |
 | 1830 - 530 pages
...image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strikt1, pierce, nor possess the sight of the soul, so much...should tell him most exquisitely all their shape, colour, bigness, and particular marks 1 or of a gorgeous palace, an architect, who, declaring the full... | |
 | 1830 - 540 pages
...say ; for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike,...things, to a man that had never seen an elephant, or a'rhinoceros, who should tell him most exquisitely all their shape, colour, bigness-, and particular... | |
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I say ; for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description, which doth neither strike, pierce, nor possess the sight of the soul so much as that other doth. 
