...who, though unlearned, is silent, than a loquacious blockhead. For as the poet observes, " Words arc like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath, is rarely found." Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare. " Chi non sa fingere, non sa vivere," who knows not how to...

...mind him ; never speak till you've OS 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,...

...mind him j never speak till you'vo O 2 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,...

...mind him; never speak till you've O 2 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,...

...of all wit is truth ; and no thought can be valuable, of \\hich good sense is not the grouudwo»k. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from that...

...know not where the remaining lines could be more appositely exemplified than in the volume before us. Words are like leaves ; and where they most '•....abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic gluss, Its gaudy colour* spreads on every place; The fac^ of ruiture...

...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, 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...

...305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent ; The Sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are...Ver. 302. modest plainness] Xenophon in Greek, and Csesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. We have no...

...express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still—' the style is excellent;' The sense they humbly take upon content. Words are...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...

...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...