 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...which are made, in outward creation ; eve« his eternal power and Corf-head. Words arc like ¡cares; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath — is rarely fcund, False eloquence, like the prismatic к1олг, Its gaudy colors spreads-on n-ry place j The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...dress : Their praise is still,— the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content, j Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound,...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...dress : Their praise Is slill — the style is excellent ; The sense they humbly"take upon consent. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POP*. Language, It is true, is an art, and a glorious one ; its influence extends over all others,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...plainness] Xenophon in Greek, and Caesar in Latin, Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; The Sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are...prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But true Expression,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 pages
...impression, that every passage leads to the treasure. With the couplet of Pope in our mind, that " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found," we feel that Butler wanted only words to make him perfect; and that a dipping in the language of Hobbes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most ahound, Much fruit of sense heneath is rarely found. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...express, 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...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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...express, 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...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gandy colour spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pages
...impression, that every passage leads to the treasure. With the couplet of Pope in our mind, that " "Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found," we feel that Butler wanted only words to make him perfect, and that a dipping in the language of Hobbes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1851 - 628 pages
...express, 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...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But... | |
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found... 
