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" It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity:* for words are but the images of matter; and except they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. "
The Works of Francis Bacon - Pągina 28
per Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 576 pągines
...elfe are Words but the Images of Things, fo that unlefs they be animated with the Spirit of Reafon, to fall in love with them, is all one as to fall in love with a Pifture, BUT yet notwithftanding it is a Thing not haftijy to be condemn'd, for a Man to iiluftrate...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volum 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pągines
...it hath large flourishes, yet it is but a letter ? It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity; for words are...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. Among various other errors which he points out as impediments to the progress of learning, he says:...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volum 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pągines
...it hath large flouviskes, yet it is but a letter ? It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity; for words are...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. Among various other errors which he points out as impediments tp the progress of learning, he says:...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pągines
...It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity; /or •tvords are but the images of matter, and except they have...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. Among various other errors which he points' out as impediments to the progress of learn-- in g, he...
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An Analytical Abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke - 1808 - 346 pągines
...student of Philosophy this Epitome ; in which he has endeavoured to give the spirit, without servile* " Words are but the images of matter ; and except they have life of reason and invention, to faH in love with them is all one as to fall in love with a picture." Bacon's Projicience and Advancement...
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The baptist Magazine

1852 - 862 pągines
...otherwise would be excellent. The writer might advantageously study the lesson taught by Bacon, — " Words are but the images of matter ; and except they...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture." We regret to be constrained thus to animadvert on a young beginner. One feature in our author commands...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 550 pągines
...it hath large nourishes, yet it is but a letter ? It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity.; for words are...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. Among various other errors which he points out as impediments to the progress of learning, he says:...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: De augmentis scientiaurum

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pągines
...patent ; which, though finely flourished, is still but a letter. Pygmalion's frenzy seems a good emblem of this vanity : for words are but the images of matter : and unless they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is to fall in love with a...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volum 3

Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pągines
...affectations as capable of no divineness. Indeed it seems to me, that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity : for words are...love with them is all one, as to fall in love with a pict\ire. But yet, notwithstanding, it is a thing not hastily to be condemned, to clothe and adorn...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volum 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pągines
...it hath large flourishes, yet it is but a letter ? It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity for words are...them is all one as to fall in love with a picture. (a) See note (A) at the end. 2. Origin of the prevalence of delicate learning in late times (b) ...........
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