"A piece of sculpture admirably wrought is put out to view, but, to preserve it against the injuries of the weather, or for some other reason, is varnished over. Every body extols the artist, and is pleased with his work; and yet no one sees that which was the immediate subject of his art, being hid under the varnish. Our ideas are this thin varnish spread over the face of nature, which do not hinder us from passing a judgment of it; because they express outward objects, much as the varnish takes the form of the work upon which it is laid."
An Essay Towards a Demonstration of the Soul’s Immateriality.
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1718, 1747).<br>
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See <u>An Essay Towards a Demonstration of the Soul’s Immateriality. By Henry Grove.</u> (London: Printed for John Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1718). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T92488">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from volume 3 of <u>The Works of the Reverend and Learned Mr. Henry Grove, of Taunton: Containing All the Sermons, Discourses, and Tracts Published in His Life-Time.</u> 4 vols. (London: Printed and sold by James Waugh, at the Turk’s Head in Gracechurch-Street, 1747). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T106240">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=9IZPAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;