 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...them good, As bodies perish thro' excess of blood. Others for Language all their cares express, 305 And value books, as women men, for dress; Their praise...leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of senie beneath is rarely found. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glas*, Its gaudy colours spreads... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 Seiten
...does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise...style is excellent: The sense they humbly take upon content.2 Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 Seiten
...them good, As bodies perish thro' excess of blood. Others for Language all their care express, 305 And value books as women men, for dress : Their praise...the 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... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 230 Seiten
...sometimes pleasing and sometimes tiresome to his auditory. Our most sensible poet observes, that " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found." This is applicable to the Irish orator ; but the true cause of his volubility, is the sprightliness... | |
 | 1836 - 498 Seiten
...was ever seen ; the most elegant woman ; the most superb lettuce ; the most splendid ride, &c. &c. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found ! 3. The incautious tongue ; which generally moves without due consideration ; well meaning, with good... | |
 | 1806 - 408 Seiten
...does 'em good, As bodies perish thro'. excess of blood. Others for Language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for Dress: Their Praise...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found, Falsa eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place 5 The lace of nature... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 Seiten
...lacte coacto ; Et, si non fugias, riguo formosior horto.f There are seven more lines of comparison. 22. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy...more survey, All glares alike without distinction gay.t The * Idyll. KV*A. f Metam. xiii. 789. + Ver. 311. / The nauseous affectation of expressing every;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...excess of hlood. Others for language all their care express, And value hooks, 03 women men, for drew; Their praise is still— the style is excellent; The...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... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 Seiten
...pompous expressions, vulgar ideas, and that affectation of wit, which is incompatible with Eloquence. ' 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 ev"ry place ; ' The face... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 Seiten
...does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise...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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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... 
