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" Fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum dcemonum [devil's-wine], because it filleth the imagination ; and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it,... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works - Page 82
by Francis Bacon - 1860
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...any department of life, even that of forcible resistance, is not the great danger to society. It is "the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt." Yes, the evil men of this world are not the ones who sincerely battle for their duty, but the insincere...
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Troublesome Daughters

Lucy Bethia Walford - 1880 - 482 pages
...down his head upon his arms, crying like a child. CHAPTER XXIV. AND HAS BOTH FAILURE AND SUCCESS. " But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind,...sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt." — BACON. He tried not to believe the story, but alas ! it was too plausible. Loathing as he did the...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...and unpleasing to themselves ? One 30 of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy mnum dcemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is...that doth the hurt such as we spake of before. But 35 howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only...
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ..., Volume 28

New Church gen. confer - 1881 - 608 pages
...no lack." ©leanings. A lie is troublesome and needs a good many more to make it out. — TILLOTSON. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind,...the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it that doth hurt. — BACON. Perfect prayer, then, consists not in the multitude of words, but in the strength...
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English Lessons, for Schoolroom Use

Kathleen Knox - English language - 1882 - 156 pages
...and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the Fathers in great severity called poesy .... devil's wine, because it filleth the imagination ; and yet it is...and settleth in it, that doth the hurt ; such as we spoke of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet,...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy "vinum dsemonum,"0 because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the He that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt,...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Essays - 1884 - 722 pages
...fathers, in great severity, called poesy ' vinnm dsemonum,'3 because it fil'.cth the imagination, and yet is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the...lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that siuketh in and settleth in it that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever4 these...
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The Browning Society's Papers, Issue 22, Parts 7-9

Browning Society (London, England) - 1885 - 466 pages
..."One of the fathers," says Bacon, "in great severity, called Poesy vimim dnfmonum, because it fillet!) the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow...sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt." — On Truth. scientific are all superficial and arbitrary. Science especially is a proud name nowadays,...
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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...fathers called poesy vinnm dcemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but the j -hrtdow e caterpillars of the commonwealth, Which I nave sworn...may be, I will go with you: — For I am loath to spoke of hefore. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet...
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1885 - 438 pages
...uses again in Essay i. p. 2 : ' One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesie vinum damonum; because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is, but with the shadow of a lie.' [28] Aristotle, Eth. Nic. i. 3. 5. Mr. Ellis, in his note on the corresponding passage of the De Augmentis,...
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