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" Truth may perhaps come 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 showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. "
The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Literary and professional works - Page 377
by Francis Bacon - 1858
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The English Theophrastus: Or, The Manners of the Age: Being the Modern ...

Abel Boyer - Characters and characteristics - 1702 - 404 pages
...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...
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 528 pages
...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...
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State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the ...

David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 608 pages
..." doeth not fhew the mafques and mummeries, " and triumphs of the prefent world halfe fo " ftately and daintily as candlelights : truth may " perhaps come to the price of a pearl that " fheweth beft by day ; but it will not rife to " the price of a diamond or carbuncle that " fheweth...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...as to the illustration of this -qneiy. Truth may, perhaps, be appreciated as the pearl which shines best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that appears to the greatest advantage in varied lights. A mixture of a lie not unf'requently adds pleasure....
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...naked and open day-light, that does not shew the masques, mummeries, and trinmphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that shews best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that shews best in...
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The Friend: A Series of Essays

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ethics - 1812 - 466 pages
...open day-light, that doth not shew the Masques and Mummeries and Triumphs of the present World half so stately and daintily, as Candle-lights. Truth may...will not 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,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...and open daylight, that doth not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights. 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...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the B world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps...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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the B world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps...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...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps...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,...
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