 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 strani
...is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Part ii. Line 97. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Part ii. Line 109 Such labored nothings, in so strange a style. Part ii. Line 126. In words, as fashions,... | |
 | 1865 - 804 strani
...or statement. The tide rolls on — furiously enough it may be — but you seo nothing through it. "Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. " Or are they hearers ? Can wo not think of Christians — for so we may call them by a wide use of... | |
 | 1865 - 496 strani
...still, — the style is excellent ; The sense they humbly take upon content, Words are like leaves, (25) and where they most abound, "Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found, 110 MEANINGS OF WORDS IN ITALICS, AS SUGGESTIONS FOR PARAPHRASING. Line 105. Some; phrases; desire.... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 strani
...praise is still, — The style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content CRITICISM. 37 ' 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 colour spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of... | |
 | 1866 - 328 strani
...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 strani
...still — the style is excellent : The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like loaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place ; The face of Nature... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 strani
...Tamerlane. Thy words, like music, every breast controul, Steal through the air, and win upon the soul. Pope. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound,...Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Pope, EC n. 309. Oh ! speak that again ! ELOQUENCE — continued. Now with fine phrase, and foppery of tongue,... | |
 | 1877 - 688 strani
...and profound, rather than that they should be plain, simple, and intelligible, forgetting that • Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.' Our readers will understand what we mean if they compare some of the verbose and obscure writings published... | |
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 strani
...spring. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue ; But, like a shadow, prove the substance true. Good nature and... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1867 - 200 strani
..."he." Every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as lie is pure." WORDS AND LEAVES. WORDS are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. EDITOEIAL NOTICES. WE continue to receive encouraging letters from our canvassing friends. Their zeal... | |
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 
