 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - Liczba stron: 448
...mind him; never speak till you've O 2 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - Liczba stron: 414
...of all wit is truth ; and no thought can be valuable, of \\hich good sense is not the grouudwo»k. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from that... | |
 | A. W. Winkelmann - 1816 - Liczba stron: 512
...draw the reader to a wrong pronunciation of the word, in compliance with tin j-hjthmus of the verse. Their praise is still, the style is excellent: The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope, But a stress upon, the bet syllable of this word must be avoided, as the most childish and ridiculous... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - Liczba stron: 502
...know not where the remaining lines could be more appositely exemplified than in the volume before us. Words are like leaves ; and where they most '•....rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic gluss, Its gaudy colour* spreads on every place; The fac^ of ruiture we no more survey, AU glares alike... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - Liczba stron: 492
...more appositely exemplified •than in the volume brfore us. Word* are like leaves; and yrheie the; most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spread* on every place.; The face of nature we no more survey, .•IU glares alike without... | |
 | 1818 - Liczba stron: 628
...ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH 1.П I ;;л U iu . NO. IÍ. On the Darwinian School of Poetry. •• Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise U still—' The style is excellent ;' The sense the; humbly take upon content" POPE. IN matter, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - Liczba stron: 638
...hodies perish through excess of hlood. Others for language all their care express, And value hooks, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — the style is excellent ; The sense, they homhly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they must ahound, Much fruit of sense heneath... | |
 | Cornelius Tuthill - 1820 - Liczba stron: 418
...GENTLEMEN. NEW-HAVEN, (Conn.) PUBLISHED BT AH MALTBY & CO. No. 15.] TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1820. [VOL. I. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound,...False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature ire no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction... | |
 | 1822 - Liczba stron: 284
...sprightly wit: For works may have more witthan does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value....False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Liczba stron: 426
...to say what they hoped had never been said before." Others, for Language all their care express 305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES.... | |
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