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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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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

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...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic

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...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volumes 3-4

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...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 2

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...
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Sefer mivḥar ha-peninim: maʼamre musar ṿe-hanhagot bi-melitsah ...

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:...
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

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...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

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...
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Miscellaneous Scrap Book, Volume 1

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...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 2

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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