 And value books, as women men, 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.  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 81by Alexander Pope - 1807 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...more appositely exemplified •than in the volume brfore us. Word* are like leaves; and yrheie the; most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spread* on every place.; The face of nature we no more survey, .•IU glares alike without distinction... | |
 | Alexander Maxwell (bookseller.) - 1817 - 240 pages
...f 'intent, p. 12. LETTER XII. ON BEAUTY AND SUBLIMITY OF STYLE. False eloquence, lihe the prismatic Its gaudy colours spreads on every place. The face of nature we no more survey, AU glares alihe, without distinction gay. But true expression, lihe tit' unchanging sun, Clears and... | |
 | Cornelius Tuthill - 1820 - 418 pages
...GENTLEMEN. NEW-HAVEN, (Conn.) PUBLISHED BT AH MALTBY & CO. No. 15.] TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1820. [VOL. I. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound,...colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature ire no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But true expression, like the unchanging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...before." Others, for Language all their care express 305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent...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 - 428 pages
...value books, as women men, for dress : ^^7- Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; l^ , The Sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are...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 Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...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... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...draw the reader to a wrong pronunciation of the word, in compliance with the rhythmus of the verse. Their praise is still, the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope. But a stress upon the last syllable of this word must be avoided, as the most childish and ridiculous... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: descending swept his aged br Ils gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still,— The Style is excellent ;...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, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pages
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent...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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