| Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...works of nature for his principal object, without which, they could not confift, and on which they fo depend, as they become actors and players, as it were, of what nature will have fet forth. So doth the Ajtronomer look upon the ftars, and by that he feeth fet down what order nature... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 378 pages
...eloquent manner. " There is no art delivered to mankind, that hath not the works of nature for its principal object, without which they could not consist,...what order nature hath taken therein. So doth the geometrician and arithmetician, in their divers sorts of quantities. So doth the musician, in tunes... | |
| 1824 - 378 pages
...eloquent manner. " There is no art delivered to mankind, that hath not the works of nature for its principal object, without which they could not consist,...what order nature hath taken therein. So doth the geometrician and arithmetician, in their divers sorts of quantities. So doth the musician, in tunes... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...white beard. THE DEFENCE OF POESY. There is no art delivered unto mankind, that hath not the works of nature for his principal object, without which...what order nature hath taken therein. So doth the Geometrician and Arithmetician, in their divers sorts of quantities. So doth the Musician, in times,... | |
| 1824 - 378 pages
...eloquent manner. " There is no art delivered to mankind, that hath not the works of nature for its principal object, without which they could not consist,...what order nature hath taken therein. So doth the geometrician and arithmetician, in their divers sorts of quantities. So doth the musician, in tunes... | |
| 1826 - 450 pages
...principal ohject, without which they could not exist, and on which they so depend, aч they hecome actors and players, as it were, of what nature will...forth. So doth the astronomer look upon the stars, and hy that he seeth set down what order nature hath taken therein. So doth the geometrician and arithmetician,... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...— Clarendon. CCI. There is no art delivered unto mankind, that hath not the works of nature for its principal object, without which they could not consist,...players, as it were, of what nature will have set forth. Only the poet, disdaining to be tied to any such subjection, lifted up with the vigour of his own invention,... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...liberty.—Clarendon. CCI. There is no art delivered unto mankind, that hatb not the works of nature for its principal object, without which they could not consist,...players, as it were, of what nature will have set forth. Only the poet, disdaining to be tied to any such subjection, lifted up with the vigour of his own invention,... | |
| 1830 - 548 pages
...principal object, without which they could not consist, and on which they so depend, as they become acton: and players, as it were, of what nature will have...and by that he seeth set down what order nature hath tnken therein. So doth the geometrician and the arithmetician, in their diverse sorts of quantities.... | |
| 1830 - 530 pages
...unto mankind, that hath not the works of nature for its principal 'object, without which they ¿ould not consist, and on which they so depend, as they...actors and players, as it were, of what nature will hare set forth. So doth the astronomer look upon the star», and by that be seeth set down what order... | |
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