 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 Seiten
...dress : Their praise is still, — the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. urch or state ; Now for prerogative, and now for laws ; Effects unhappy ! from a noble cause. Ti 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 360 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1855 - 664 Seiten
...superficial as they are ex-, tensive. Their knowledge will be more apt to make them wordy than wise; and, " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, . Much fruit of sense is rarely found." They seem to act upon the principle that "knowledge is power," but not in the sense... | |
 | 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, Much fruit of sense beneath — is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, | Its gaudy colors spreads-on ev'ry place ; i The face of... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...dress: Their praise is still — t 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. False eloquence,2 like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...which are made, in outward creation ; eve« his eternal power and Corf-head. Words arc like ¡cares; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath — is rarely fcund, False eloquence, like the prismatic к1олг, Its gaudy colors spreads-on n-ry place j The... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 Seiten
...dress : Their praise Is slill — the style is excellent ; The sense they humbly"take upon consent. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POP*. Language, It is true, is an art, and a glorious one ; its influence extends over all others,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 Seiten
...impression, that every passage leads to the treasure. With the couplet of Pope in our mind, that " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found," we feel that Butler wanted only words to make him perfect; and that a dipping in the language of Hobbes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 Seiten
...Latin, 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 : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...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 : False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of... | |
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 
