 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 sayfa
...is rarely found. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glas*, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of Nature we no more survey, All...without distinction gay; But true expression, like th' unchanging sun, 3i5 Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon, It gilds all objects, but it alters... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 sayfa
...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,...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 sayfa
...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...survey, * All glares alike without distinction gay.* Th« Jdyll. KnxA. f Metam. xiii. 789. J Ver. 311, The nauseous affectation of expressing every thing... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 sayfa
...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;... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sayfa
...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, Falsa eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place 5 The lace of nature... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 sayfa
...lacte coacto ; Et, si uon fugias, riguo formosior horto.f There are seven more lines of comparison. 22. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy Colours spreads on every place : The Jace of nature we no more survey, All glares alike without distinction gay.j The * Idyll. KfxA. f Metam.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 sayfa
...is rarely found. 110 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All...without distinction gay; But true expression, like th' unchanging. sun, 1J5) Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon; . I It gilds all ohjects, hut... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 sayfa
...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... | |
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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 of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction... 
