...a syllable in long words which ought to have none, as in a couplet of Pope's Essay on Criticism : " False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, " Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place.** Here a foreigner would be apt to place an accent on the last syllable of rieguen ce as well as the...

...dress : Their praise is still — ' the style is excellent ;' The sense they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, ' All glares alike, without distinction gay; But...

...dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound. Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 316 Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent, as more suitable : A vile conceit...

...and never mind him ; never speak till you've something to say, and then say only what you have to ' Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found.' " Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...

...never mind him; never speak till you've something to say, and then say only what you have to say. ' Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found.' " Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...

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...pertinent examples. I * False eloquence, like the prismatic glass Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All...without distinction gay. But true expression, like the unchanging sun, Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon. It gilds all objects, but it alters...

...every part, 12( And hide with ornaments their want of art. Words are like leaves ; and where they mos' abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic giass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place ; 125 The face of nature, we no more survey, All glares...

...dress : Their praise is still, — the style is excellent : The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. •»*•. J False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place ; The...