 If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive, and be full.  Spirit of the English Magazines - 第 62 頁1824完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1908 - 374 頁
...infirmity. If you powre a glut of water upon a Bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a Funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your owne; to their capacity they 10 will all receive and be full. And as it is fit to reade the best Authors... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1923 - 154 頁
...Therefore a Master should temper his owne powers, and descend to the others infirmity. If you powre a glut of water upon a Bottle, it receives little of it; but with a Funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your owne; to their capacity... | |
 | Paul L. MacKendrick, Herbert M. Howe - 1952 - 460 頁
...swear? The father's darling! Give it two plums. 7. Ben Jonson, Discoveries (Nonesuch ed.), p. 979: "If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives...spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive and be full." 8. See the note in the introduction to selections from the Attic Orators.... | |
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