...more appositely exemplified •than in the volume brfore us. Word* are like leaves; and yrheie the; most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spread* on every place.; The face of nature we no more survey, .•IU glares alike without distinction...

...f 'intent, p. 12. LETTER XII. ON BEAUTY AND SUBLIMITY OF STYLE. False eloquence, lihe the prismatic Its gaudy colours spreads on every place. The face of nature we no more survey, AU glares alihe, without distinction gay. But true expression, lihe tit' unchanging sun, Clears and...

...a syllable in long words which ought to have none, as in a couplet of Pope's Essay on Criticism : " False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, " Its gaudy colours spreads on every place." Here a foreigner would be apt to place an accent on the last syllable of eloquence as well as the first,...

...they rise. Their praise is still the stile is excellent ; The sense they humbly take upon content. False eloquence like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on every place. Rule IV. The vowel ?, which is frequently cut off and supplied by an apostrophe, as th', every, gen'rous,...

...GENTLEMEN. NEW-HAVEN, (Conn.) PUBLISHED BT AH MALTBY & CO. No. 15.] TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1820. [VOL. I. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound,...colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature ire no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay : But true expression, like the unchanging...

...Language all their care express 305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; The Sense, they humbly take...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES....

...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...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES....

...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...

...language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still — br Ils gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without...

...are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still,— The Style is excellent ; The Sense, they humbly take...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY....