...South of France. READING makes a full writing an exact man. — man, conversation a ready man, BACON. WORDS are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. PRIDE is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages : and envy feels not its...

...dress : Their praise is still, — the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. urch or state ; Now for prerogative, and now for laws ; Effects unhappy ! from a noble cause. Ti 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of...

...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...

...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...

...dress: Their praise is still — t 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,2 like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; 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 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...

...Latin, 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 : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face...