...those conclusions fairly warrant ? Can it be doubted, on the contrary, that, as Lord Bacon says, " If there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, and the like, it would leave the minds of most men poor, shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition,...

...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 taken out of...of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves1? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy " vinum daempnum," because it filleth...

...show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candle-light. Doth any man doubt, that, if there were taken out...the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things," &c.— vBACON, Essay on Truth. " How fading and insipid do all objects accost us that are not conveyed...

...Diamond, or Carbuncle, that fheweth beft in varied Lights. A mixture 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, Imaginations as one would, and the like ; but it would leave the Minds of a Number...

...opinions, false valuations, false lights, imaginations as one would and the like, they would be left poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves," It is to guard against this contingency that men, knowing not the power of truth, resolve, let the...

...lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken from men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false...melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves ?"* A melancholy, a too general, but not, I trust, a universal truth ! — and even where it does apply,...

...lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken from men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false...melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves ?"* A melancholy, a too general, bnt not, I trust, a universal truth ! — and even where it does apply,...

...valuations, imaginations at one would, and ihe kit viniim Daemonum (as a Father calleth poetry) bot n rors ! Now run down and stared at By Forms so hideous that they mock remembrance— N indispcmucn and unpleasing to themselves Г* A melancholy, a too general, but not, I trust. a noversal...

...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 taken out of men's minds vain opinions, nattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the...

...lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt that if there were taken from men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false...melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves ?"* A melancholy, a too general, but not, I trust, a universal truth ! — and even where it does apply,...