 Doth any man doubt that, if there were taken out of men's A minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 10by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1843 - 596 pages
...enough regarding the advantages of living in the Palace of Truth. Lord Bacon says, ' A mixture of lies doth ever add ' pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that, if there were taken from ' men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, ima' ginations as one would say,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 pages
...so stately and daintily as candlelight. 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 a carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A MIXTURE OF A LIE DOTH EVER ADD A PLEASURE. One of... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...stately and daintily as candle-light. 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 ever doubt,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...stately and daintily, as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth rs. Glitter green * delb Proudly ramparted with rocks) ; And Ocean, 'mid which showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of lies doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, Ihat 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... | |
 | 1954 - 604 pages
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| 1954 - 604 pages
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 | Charles Mackay - 1850 - 260 pages
...stately and daintily as candlelight. 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 a carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A MIXTURE OF A LIE DOTH EVER ADD A PLEASURE. One of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...that showeth best by day, but it will not rise lo the price of a diamond or" carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth /an"ymïm doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, Use... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps fine to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by % ; 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 »ny man doubt, that... | |
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