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For they that are most for condemning these Entertainments, do not deny but some proper Instructions for civil Conduct at least, might thereby be gently instill'd; nor are they wholly against Unbending the Mind, as if they suppose the Spirits of Men wou'd carry them through the Business of Life without any Relief: But they think these, as they stand, are dangerous Schools: And, as for Refreshment, they see none in that which unfits us for our respective duties.
"What do the lines mean?" said the old lady; "they are Welsh, I know, but they are far beyond my understanding." "They may be thus translated," said I: "God in his head the Muse instill'd, And from his head the world he fill'd." "Thank you, sir," said the old lady. "I never found any one before who could translate them."
And how? 'He from the well of life three drops instill'd. What was their operation? 'So deep the power of these ingredients pierced, Even to the inmost seat of mental sight, That Adam, now enforced to close his eyes, Sank down, and all his spirits became entranced. But him the gentle angel by the hand Soon raised' The second of these lines it is which betrays the presence of laudanum.
And how? 'He from the well of life three drops instill'd. What was their operation? 'So deep the power of these ingredients pierced, Even to the inmost seat of mental sight, That Adam, now enforced to close his eyes, Sank down, and all his spirits became entranced. But him the gentle angel by the hand Soon raised' The second of these lines it is which betrays the presence of laudanum.
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