...never mind him ; never speak till you've something to say, and then say only what you have to say. ' Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, * Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found.' " Friend now congratulated Alfred with all his honest affectionate heart,...

...superficial as they are ex-, tensive. Their knowledge will be more apt to make them wordy than wise; and, " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, . Much fruit of sense is rarely found." They seem to act upon the principle that "knowledge is power," but not in the sense...

...dress: Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent; The Sense, they humbly take upon rontent. 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 of Nature...

...Language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still — t the style is excellent :' The sense, they humbly take...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence,2 like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of...

...understood by those thing я which are made, in outward creation ; even [ his eternal power and Corf-head. 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 colors spreads-on ev'ry place ; i The face of...

...which are made, in outward creation ; eve« his eternal power and Corf-head. Words arc like ¡cares; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath — is rarely fcund, False eloquence, like the prismatic к1олг, Its gaudy colors spreads-on n-ry place j The...

...dress : Their praise is still,— the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content, j Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound,...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But...

...dress : Their praise Is slill — the style is excellent ; The sense they humbly"take upon consent. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. POP*. Language, It is true, is an art, and a glorious one ; its influence extends over all others,...

...impression, that every passage leads to the treasure. With the couplet of Pope in our mind, that " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found," we feel that Butler wanted only words to make him perfect; and that a dipping in the language of Hobbes...

...language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — The style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon...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...