 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 Seiten
...: 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 <• L False eloquence, like the prismatic glass,^- ne^ef <• Its gaudy colours spreads on every... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 Seiten
...dress ; Their praise is still — " the style is excellent :" The sense, they humhly 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 nature... | |
 | 1857 - 588 Seiten
...age that we see clearly how short are the spaces ov«r which we have passed. — Ibid. VERBOSITY. — Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is seldom found. — Pope. ERAS, like individuals* differ from one another in the species of virtue which... | |
 | Ibn Gabirol - 1859 - 222 Seiten
...Sepher Hasidim, § 285. Pope has expressed this idea in his usual masterly and attractive language — " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." Essay on Criticism, \. 307. Compare below, 27 and 59. Vide Pirkei Aboth, chap. 3, sec. 9. 135 APPENDIX:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 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 nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 Seiten
...dress: Their praise is still, — the style i« 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 every place; The lace of... | |
 | 1834 - 304 Seiten
...lead the soul To brighter prospects, rich in every good Which man can feel, or heaven bestow. WORDS. 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 nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 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 nature... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 Seiten
...Guardian, Act 1. Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song. WALLER. — To Mr. Creech, Line 10. Words are like leaves, and, where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POPE. — On Criticism, Line 800. Men ever had, and ever will have, leave To coin new words well suited... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 Seiten
...Their praise is still — the style is excellent : The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words ar^, 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 every place ; The face of Nature... | |
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 
