 | Abel Boyer - 1702 - 404 Seiten
...Diamond, or Carbuncle, thac fliews beft in varied Lights. A mixture of a Lyt does ever add Pleafure. Does any Man doubt, that if there were taken out of Men's Minds, vain Opinions, flattering Hopes, falfe Valuations, ancl ill grounded Conceits, but it would leave the Minds of moft Men poor fhrunkcn... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 528 Seiten
...Carbuncle, that mines brightefl: in varied Lights. A mixture of T * UT H. of a Lie doth ever add Pleafure. Doth any Man doubt, that if there were taken out of Men's Minds, vain Opinions, flattering Hopes, falfe Valuations of Things, Imaginations at Pleafure, and the like ; but it would leave the Minds of... | |
 | David Lloyd - 1766 - 608 Seiten
...valua" tions, imaginations as one would, and the " like * vinum detnoKuw, as a father calls poetry, " but it would leave the minds of a number of " men, poor fnrunken things, full of melancho" ly, and indifpofition, and unpleafmg to them«' felves." " Clear... | |
 | 1801 - 446 Seiten
...advantage in varied lights. A mixture of a lie not unf'requently adds pleasure. Were we deprived of vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of fear, melancholy, and indisposition.... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 Seiten
...Masques, and Mummeries, and Triumphs, of the world, half so stately, and daintily, as candle-lights. Doth any man doubt, that, if there were taken out...but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunk:n things : full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves ? " It will be... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 Seiten
...Masques, and Mummeries, and Triumphs, of the world, half so stately, and daintily, as candle-lights. Doth any man doubt, that, if there were taken out...but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunk™ things : full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves ? " It will be... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 Seiten
...mixture of a lie does ever add pleasure. Does any man doubt, that if there were taken out of mens' minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations,...melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves. One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, riinn/t divmonum, the devil's wine, because it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any...things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpl easing to themselves? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, " vinum daemonum,"... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 Seiten
...rise to the price of a Diamond or Carbuncle, which sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture of Lies doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken from mens' minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 Seiten
...; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any...melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy, " vinum " da;monum," because it fi'leth the imagination,... | |
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Truth may, perhaps, come to the price of a pearl that showeth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ^ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt that if there were... 
