 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...: 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...: 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 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. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature... | |
 | Ibn Gabirol - 1859 - 222 pages
...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 - 1860 - 632 pages
...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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...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... | |
 | 1834 - 304 pages
...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 - 332 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. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature... | |
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