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... The Southern Review - Page 5191871Full view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lye doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of mens minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...price of a pearl, that sheweth B 2 best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day : but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture...that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opiiiions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like ; but it would... | |
| Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...injury to the church of Christ*. 2. When you hope for a good thing by evil means : as to hope to d Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations, &c. but it would leave the minds ot a number of men,... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 pages
...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...there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...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...there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the... | |
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