 | John Stuart Colquhoun - 1871 - 264 Seiten
...worth all the wealth of the Indies. " He whom, next thyself, Of all the world I loved."— Tempest. " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." — POPB. " Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest.", — Macbeth.... | |
 | 1872 - 710 Seiten
...is still, — the style is excellent : The sense, they humbly take upon content. CRITICISM. CROSS. 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 every place ; The faca of nature... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 Seiten
...is that our minds get gradually so degraded that they mistake mere words and phrases for thoughts. " Words are like leaves ; and, where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." But there is a method of turning the thought in one's mind on every side, and looking at it from many... | |
 | Ray Bradbury - 1986 - 102 Seiten
...(whispering). Careful. BEATTY (dealing). "Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge." Or, on the other hand: "Words are like leaves and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." Which is it, Montag? FABER (whispering). Watch it! BEATTY. Or this? "A little learning is a dangerous... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. (Fr. II) 38 L-2; NOBW; NoP; OAEL-2; PoE; PoEL-5; Son 11 Mark where the pressing wind shoots javelin-like It (Fr. II) 39 Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. (Fr.... | |
 | L.I Ponomarev, I.V Kurchatov - 1993 - 264 Seiten
...it supplies a believer with a soft pillow from which he is not so easily aroused. Let him sleep..." Words are like leaves; And where they most abound, Much fruit of sense Beneath is rarely found. Alexander Pope When you have no basis for argument, abuse the plaintiff. Cicero of dice that lies behind... | |
 | Mervin Block - 1997 - 332 Seiten
...GEORGES DE BUFFON "Montesquieu had the style of a genius; Buffon, the genius of style." BARON GRIMM "Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." ALEXANDER POPE "A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art." ARISTOTLE... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...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. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of... | |
 | Henry H. Bauer - 1999 - 372 Seiten
...is most needed, after all, when questions remain open. PART II An Analysis of the Velikovsky Affair Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. — Alexander Pope Is Velikovsky Right or Wrong? Now, who shall arbitrate? Ten men love what I hate... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 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. Alexander Pope, 1711, 'An Essay on Criticism', 305 29:51 [conversation with a courtier] Thus others'... | |
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 
