Errors in reasoning cannot be proven as true?

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

1. the group spurned the newcomer and accepted him gladly.

The reader can conclude that the passage is part of an epic poem because rama