...thrifty in regard to such expenditure ; for as the poet says, borrowing an image from the forest, — " Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." Sage philosophy will lend its ear to brief sententious precepts rather than to those well-ordered words,...

...halos round the moon, though they enlarge The seeming size of thoughts, make the light less. Pope. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. The shortest answer is doing the thing. Brief and terse discourses are a desideratum. Better to send...

...Stilling/IeetOthers for language all their cares express, And value books, as women men, for dress; Their praise is still — the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope. LANGUISH. LASH. LATE. 393 LANGUISH. THE man who knows What woman is, yea, what she cannot choose...

...reading. That is, he must read the poetry wrong, in order to read the language right. EXAMPLES. 2. Their praise is still, " the style is excellent," The sense they humbly take upon content. 3. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its fairy colors spreads on every place. 4. To do aught...

...Crit. 418. • Others for 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 content. Ib. 305. Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Ib. 310. t As once in Gibeon, interrupt the race...

...excess of blood. Others for language all their care express ; And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still,—' the style is excellent;'...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; I The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay ; But...

...excess of blood. Others for Language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress ; Their praise is still — ' the style is excellent...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 nature...

...blood. Others for language all their care express, _ 305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still — ' The style is excellent...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. 310 <• L False eloquence, like the prismatic glass,^- ne^ef <• Its gaudy colours spreads on every...

...of blood. Others for language all their care express, sos And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still — ' The style is excellent...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...

...style, (fee. : " Others for 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 content" 76. 846k " Her voice is all these tuneful fook admire." /*. 3401 And sheep-walks populous with bleating...