But in order that the mind of the reader may not be biassed at the outset by that which he may happen to have received of current theories respecting beauty, founded on the above metaphorical uses of the word, (theories which are less to be reprobated as accounting falsely for the sensations of which they treat, than as confusing two or more pleasurable sensations together,) I shall briefly glance at the four erroneous positions most frequently held upon this subject, before proceeding to examine those typical and vital properties of things, to which I conceive that all our original conceptions of beauty may be traced.
[10] "Nothing comes amiss,—A good digestion turneth all to health."—G. Herbert.
[11] Yet note the difference between the choice that comes of pride, and the choice that comes of love, and compare [Chap. xv. § 6].
[12] Compare Spenser. (Hymn to Beauty.)
"But ah, believe me, there is more than so,
That works such wonders in the minds of men."