 And value books, as women men, for 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.  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 81von Alexander Pope - 1807 - 550 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 Seiten
...excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...Crit. 418. 7 Others for language all their care express. And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still — the style is excellent, The sense they humbly take upon content. Ib, 305. Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Ib. 340. Infatuates, and through labyrinths and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...Crit. 418. 7 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 humbly take upon content. Ib. 305. Infatuates, and through labyrinths and wilds Of error, leads them by a tune entranced. While... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...following examples. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place. Their praise is still, the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Where the metrical accent would do violence to every ear of any refinement, the best way of obviating... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...excess of blood. Others for language all then- care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — The style is excellent ; The sense, they humb Wordsare like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of seuse beneath is rarely found : False... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...following examples. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place. Their praise is still, the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Where the metrical accent would do violence to every ear of any refinement, the best way of obviating... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1839 - 384 Seiten
...Pope says:— " Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men for dress: Their praise is still—' the style is excellent;' The sense they humbly take upon content." " And next, then, I would advise you, whatever the subject be you write upon (if uncommon the better),... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 Seiten
...dress: Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent; The Sense, they humbly take upon rontent. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place; The face of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay: But true... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...Language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still — t the style is excellent :' The sense, they humbly take...Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence,2 like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of natnre... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...understood by those thing я which are made, in outward creation ; even [ his eternal power and Corf-head. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,...False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, | Its gaudy colors spreads-on ev'ry place ; i The face of Nature — we no more survey ; All glares alike, without... | |
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