 Doth any man doubt, that if 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 minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition,...  Poems: Now First Collected - Page 286by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bryant - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 331 pages
...pleasure," and that an occasional lie, rather than impeding consciousness, smooths its flow. He writes: Doth any man doubt that, if 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... | |
 | John Arundel Barnes - Family & Relationships - 1994 - 222 pages
...of Lilliput and Brobdingnag and seem to confirm Francis Bacon's (1861a:377-378) rhetorical question: Doth any man doubt, that if 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Literary Collections - 1995 - 304 pages
...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, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would and the like, but it would leave the... | |
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