text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id "I am much more inclined to give Credit to Buxtorf; nor is it improbable that Pythagoras, who spent twenty-eight Years at Egypt in his Studies, brought this Art, together with some Arcana of Philosophy, into Greece; the reason for which might be, That Philosophy and PUNNING were a mutual Assistance to each other: For, says he, PUNS are like so many Torch-Lights in the Head, that give the Soul a very distinct View of those Images, which she before seemed to groap after as if she had been imprisoned in a Dungeon. From whence he looked upon PUNS to be so Sacred, and had such a regard to them, that he left a Precept to his Disciples, forbidding them to eat Beans, because they were called in Greek [Greek letters]. Let not, says he, one Grain of the Seed of Beans be lost; but preserve and scatter them over all Greece, that both our Gardens and our Fields may flourish with a Vegetable, which, on account of its Name, not only brings an Honour to our Country, but, as it disperses its Effluvia in the Air, may also, by a secret Impulse, prepare the Soul for PUNNING, which I esteem the first and great Felicity of Life.
(Preface, v-vi)",2012-10-10 18:19:37 UTC,"""For, says he, PUNS are like so many Torch-Lights in the Head, that give the Soul a very distinct View of those Images, which she before seemed to groap after as if she had been imprisoned in a Dungeon.""",2012-10-10 18:19:37 UTC,Preface,"",,"","",Reading at Lewis Walpole Library,19934,7312