 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 páginas
...cunning, or spleen of the disputants, rather than their knowledge of the subjects in debate. — . Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POPE. The following observations from Feltham, on curiosity in knowledge, may properly be introduced... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 páginas
...Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; l^ , 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 ; NOTES.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 páginas
...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 : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...190.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. False eloquence, like the prismatick 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... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 páginas
...the following lines. " 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... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...world. The same may be observed of the word eloquence and the particle the in the following couplet : False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place. Pope. If, in compliance with the rhythmus, or tune of the verse, we lay a stress on the last syllable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...dress: Their praise is still — the style is excellent: The sense, they humbly take upon content. antageous act may be achiev'd By sudden onset, eith Ils gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 páginas
...to spread over its work an ingenious and simple candour, that should not hide but only heighten the The face of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike,...gay : But true Expression, like th' unchanging Sun, 3 15 \ Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon, > It gilds all objects, but it alters none. J Expression... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 páginas
...recommended. 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 ; COMMENTARY.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 páginas
...recommended. 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 ; COMMENTARY.... | |
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Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 
