| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Part ii. Line 97. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Part ii. Line 109 Such labored nothings, in so strange a style. Part ii. Line 126. In words, as fashions,... | |
| 1865 - 804 Seiten
...or statement. The tide rolls on — furiously enough it may be — but you seo nothing through it. "Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. " Or are they hearers ? Can wo not think of Christians — for so we may call them by a wide use of... | |
| 1865 - 496 Seiten
...still, — the style is excellent ; The sense they humbly take upon content, Words are like leaves, (25) and where they most abound, "Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found, 110 MEANINGS OF WORDS IN ITALICS, AS SUGGESTIONS FOR PARAPHRASING. Line 105. Some; phrases; desire.... | |
| 1866 - 328 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... | |
| Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 Seiten
...praise is still, — The style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content CRITICISM. 37 ' 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 colour spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...still — the style is excellent : The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like loaves ; 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 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 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face... | |
| Roses - 1867 - 172 Seiten
...spring. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue ; But, like a shadow, prove the substance true. Good nature and... | |
| 1877 - 688 Seiten
...and profound, rather than that they should be plain, simple, and intelligible, forgetting that • Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.' Our readers will understand what we mean if they compare some of the verbose and obscure writings published... | |
| William Meynell Whittemore - 1867 - 200 Seiten
..."he." Every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as lie is pure." WORDS AND LEAVES. WORDS are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. EDITOEIAL NOTICES. WE continue to receive encouraging letters from our canvassing friends. Their zeal... | |
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