...Raised in extremes, and in extremes decried, With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied, Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude, But swallowed in the mass,...lies. To please the fools and puzzle all the wise : Suoceeding times did equal folly call Believing nothing or believing all." (aaO 108—117.) Damit...

...continued that agriculture would bankrupt the nation. This reminds me of the statement made by John Dryden. Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies, to please the fools and puzzle all the wise. What Eisenhower's friends failed to tell him was that the massive surplus building up was not the result...

...in extremes, and in extremes decried ; With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied; Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude; But swallowed in the mass,...with lies, To please the fools and puzzle all the wise.41 Where the two halves of a couplet are not antithetical, they are too often composed of a statement...

...Multitude; But swallow'd in the Mass, unchewed and Crude. Some Truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with Lies, To please the Fools, and puzzle all the...equal folly call Believing nothing, or believing all. (lines 99, 108-17) If "Priests of all Religions are the same," no faith would seem worth valuing over...

...Raised in extremes, and in extremes decried, With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied, Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude, But swallowed in the mass,...equal folly call Believing nothing or believing all. (John Dryden.'Absolom and Achitophel', 1681) 1 How does Evelyn's view of Oates develop during his diary...

...in extremes, and in extremes decried, no With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied; Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude, But swallowed in the mass,...equal folly call Believing nothing, or believing all. TV Egyptian rites the Jebusites embraced,* Where gods were recommended by their taste: Such savoury...

...in extremes, and in extremes decried; " With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied. Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude; But swallowed in the mass,...equal folly call, Believing nothing, or believing al1. The Egyptian rites the Jebusites embraced;0 Where gods were recommended by their taste. Such savoury...

...well as constitute an epitaph for the Restoration period: "Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, / To please the fools, and puzzle all the...folly call, / Believing nothing, or believing all" (lines 114-117). 58. GK Chesterton, Five Types (London, 1911; reprint, New York: Books for Libraries...

...less than in society, his genius had ample room. The Plot gave him a subject worthy of a master : — Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies...equal folly call Believing nothing or believing all. This plot, which failed for want of common sense, Had yet a deep and dangerous consequence ; For as,...

...Raised in extremes and in extremes decried; With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied. Not weighed or winnowed by the multitude But swallowed in the mass,...Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies 115 To please the fools and puzzle all the wise. Succeeding times did equal folly call Believing nothing...