 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 strani
...to say what they hoped had never been said before." 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 ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness] Xenophon in Greek, and Csesar in Latin, are the unrivalled... | |
 | 1822 - 284 strani
...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 - 428 strani
...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...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness"] Xenophon in Greek, and Ceesar in Latin, are the unrivalled... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 strani
...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 - 844 strani
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 strani
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still,— The Style is excellent ;...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that this quality, where it holds... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 strani
...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that' this quality, where it holds... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 strani
...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, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 strani
...in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here Their praise is still,—The Style is excellent; The Sense, they humbly take upon...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that this quality, where it holds... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 strani
...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 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... 
