...them good, As bodies perish thro' excess of blood. Others for Language all their cares express, 305 And value books, as women men, for dress; Their praise...leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of senie beneath is rarely found. 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glas*, Its gaudy colours spreads...

...does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise...style is excellent: The sense they humbly take upon content.2 Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...

...them good, As bodies perish thro' excess of blood. Others for Language all their care express, 305 And value books as women men, for dress : Their praise...the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; The face of Nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay ; But...

...sometimes pleasing and sometimes tiresome to his auditory. Our most sensible poet observes, that " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found." This is applicable to the Irish orator ; but the true cause of his volubility, is the sprightliness...

...was ever seen ; the most elegant woman ; the most superb lettuce ; the most splendid ride, &c. &c. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found ! 3. The incautious tongue ; which generally moves without due consideration ; well meaning, with good...

...does 'em good, As bodies perish thro'. excess of blood. Others for Language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for Dress: Their Praise...abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found, Falsa eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place 5 The lace of nature...

...lacte coacto ; Et, si non fugias, riguo formosior horto.f There are seven more lines of comparison. 22. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy...more survey, All glares alike without distinction gay.t The * Idyll. KV*A. f Metam. xiii. 789. + Ver. 311. / The nauseous affectation of expressing every;...

...excess of hlood. Others for language all their care express, And value hooks, 03 women men, for drew; Their praise is still— the style is excellent; The...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 nature...

...pompous expressions, vulgar ideas, and that affectation of wit, which is incompatible with Eloquence. ' 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...

...does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise...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 nature...