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" Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. "
New Grammar of the English Tongue - Page 163
by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 252 pages
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

1814 - 568 pages
...who, though unlearned, is silent, than a loquacious blockhead. For as the poet observes, " Words arc like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found." Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare. " Chi non sa fingere, non sa vivere," who knows not how to...
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Patronage, Volume 2

Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 448 pages
...mind him; never speak till you've O 2 something to say, and then say only what you have to say." " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, * Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found." Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...
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Patronage, Volume 2

Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 448 pages
...mind him j never speak till you'vo O 2 something to say, and then say only what you have to say." « Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, " Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found." Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...
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Patronage, Volume 2

Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 446 pages
...mind him ; never speak till you've OS something to say, and then say only what you have to say." " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, " Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found." Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...of all wit is truth ; and no thought can be valuable, of \\hich good sense is not the grouudwo»k. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from that...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1

H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 504 pages
...know not where the remaining lines could be more appositely exemplified than in the volume before us. Words are like leaves ; and where they most '•....abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic gluss, Its gaudy colour* spreads on every place; The fac^ of ruiture...
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The Microscope, Volumes 1-2

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, 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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...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....
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...dress: Their praise is st'll—' 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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...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....
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