...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...

...their lamentation of sorrow. Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before." Others, for Language all their care express 305 And...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness] Xenophon in Greek, and...

...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...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...

...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...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; NOTES. Ver. 302. modest plainness"] Xenophon in Greek, and...

...language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is st'll—' the style is excellent;' The sense they humbly take...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...

...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...

...draw the reader to a wrong pronunciation of the word, in compliance with the rhythmus of the verse. Their praise is still, the style is excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope. But a stress upon the last syllable of this word must be avoided, as the most childish and ridiculous...

...does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, ember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged br False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Ils gaudy colours spreads on every place; The face of nature...

...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still,— The Style is excellent ;...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that...

...Greek, and Caesar in Latin, are the unrivalled masters of the beautiful simplicity here recommended. Their praise is still, — The Style is excellent...found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place ; COMMENTARY. guage, and shews [from ver. 304 to 337.] that'...