London . e was tall and slender; he wore a gown like an artists gown,with hanging sleeves and a slit. 256 LONDON. Those follies of the wise of formei daj-s are now become the jests of chil-dren ; but when we think of Dec and his divinations we ought to rememberthat in the same age the grave and wise Burghlcy cast the nativity of QueenElizabeth, and that a century later Dryden still attempted in the same way tounveil the future fortunes of his newly-born son. Nor ought we to forget thatwith all this weakness something strong and high has also perished : these super-stitions, whatever evils of a
London . e was tall and slender; he wore a gown like an artists gown,with hanging sleeves and a slit. 256 LONDON. Those follies of the wise of formei daj-s are now become the jests of chil-dren ; but when we think of Dec and his divinations we ought to rememberthat in the same age the grave and wise Burghlcy cast the nativity of QueenElizabeth, and that a century later Dryden still attempted in the same way tounveil the future fortunes of his newly-born son. Nor ought we to forget thatwith all this weakness something strong and high has also perished : these super-stitions, whatever evils of another kind they brought along with them, gave insome respects a consecration and solemnity to this life of ours that is nowwanting. And even of astrology and its kindred visionary sciences themselves,it is true, as Bacon has remarked in his high style, that, although they hadbetter intelligence and confederacy with the imagination of man than with hisreason, nevertheless the ends or pretences were [Dee.]
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