"Truth stamps conviction in the mind, / All doubts and fears are left behind, / And peace and joy at once an entrance find."
Religion. A Simile. [from Trifles]
See <u>Trifles: Viz. the Toy-shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal-Green. ... With Several Others, Not More Considerable. By R. Dodsley.</u> (London: [s.n.], 1745). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=z9Ftoo9ZN2cC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3324629799&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Dodsley's <u>Trifles</u> were first published in 1745 in one volume. James Dodsley seems to have  issued so-called "second" editions in 1771 and in 1777. The second volume of <u>Trifles</u> contains works written after 1745. I count 5 entries in the ESTC (1745, 1771, 1777)<br>
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I have taken my text from the edition of <u>Trifles</u>, issued in 1777 &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW125014867&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; and checked metaphors against the 1745 edition.