 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...  Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret - Strana 21podľa Abraham Cowley - 1810 - Počet stránok 220Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Cornelius Tuthill - 1820 - Počet stránok 418
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 426
...their lamentation of sorrow. Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before." Others, for Language all their care express 305 And...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness] Xenophon in Greek, and... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 284
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 428
...value books, as women men, for dress : ^^7- Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; l^ , The Sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness"] Xenophon in Greek, and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 276
...language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is st'll—' the style is excellent;' The sense they humbly take...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... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - Počet stránok 844
...cunning, or spleen of the disputants, rather than their knowledge of the subjects in debate. — . Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POPE. The following observations from Feltham, on curiosity in knowledge, may properly be introduced... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - Počet stránok 406
...draw the reader to a wrong pronunciation of the word, in compliance with the rhythmus of the verse. Their praise is still, the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope. But a stress upon the last syllable of this word must be avoided, as the most childish and ridiculous... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Počet stránok 1062
...does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, ember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged br False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Ils gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Počet stránok 398
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still,— The Style is excellent ;...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Počet stránok 404
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that'... | |
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