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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1976 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1976
AUTHOR:Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
QUOTATION:It [Poesy] was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind.
ATTRIBUTION:Advancement of Learning. Book ii. (1605).