 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 trang
...there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man. XXIX. Flowers of rhetorick, in sermons and serious discourses, are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to them who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap the profit. XXX. When two people... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 trang
...there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man. XXIX. Flowers of rhetorick, in sermons and serious discourses, are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to them who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap the profit. XXX. When two people... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 trang
...as much generosity if he were a rick man. Flowers of rhetoric in sermons of serious discourses, ate like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to...who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him vrho would reap the profit. It often hapens that those are the best people, whose characters have been... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 trang
...granted, there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man. Flowers of rhetoric, in sermons and serious discourses, are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to them who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap the profit. He who tells a... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 trang
...other emphatic words, in the same sentence, the emphasis is called treble. 2. Flowers of rhetoric hi sermons or serious discourses, are like the blue and...flowers in corn, pleasing to those" who come only for uteuemerd.' , tut prejtidiciaf' to A/TO' who would reap thcpm/if. 3. if an is a creature designed for... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 trang
...think to have all this with the stone. DLX1V. Flowers of rhetoric in sermons and serious discourse* are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing...for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.— Pope. DLXV. When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbour, keep... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 trang
...have all this with the stone. Alehymist. DLXTV. Flowers of rhetoric in sermons and serious discourse* are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing...for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it — Pope. DLXV. When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbour, keep... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 trang
...not known to children, ideots, and a great part of manki"|l Id. Flowers of rhetoric in sermons and hod, with the sun and clock ; and so brought to a...rays transmitted through the hole will cast but a f bun who would reap profit from it. Pope. When a man's capacity does not enable him to entertain or... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 trang
...of mnnkiad. ij Flowers of rhetoric in sermons and scrions * coKTMt are like the blue and red Bowers in corn, pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it. When a man's capacity does not enable him to en terlain or animate the company, it... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 trang
...cytie. Translation of Thucididet, b. iii. p. 80. Flowers of rhetoric in sermons and serious discourse« are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to those who come only for amuiement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it. Pope. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon... | |
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Flowers of rhetoric, in sermons and serious discourses are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to them who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him... 
