 ... a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties, until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through...  The Spectator - Page 1811729Full view - About this book
 | Gentleman - Conduct of life - 1744 - 488 pages
...every ornamental Cloud, Spot, and Vein that runs through the Body of it : So Education, after the fame Manner, when it works upon a noble Mind, 'draws out to View every latent Virtue and Perfe<5r.ion, which without fuch Helps are never able to make their Appearance. Nor is the Want of... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the (ame manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue aïid perfection, which, without fuch blips, are never able to make their appearance. If my reader... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1795 - 616 pages
...induftrious cultivation. Education, when it works upon an ingenious mind, brings out to view every latent perfection, which, without fuch helps are never able to make their appearance. And, if we take the trouble to look round, we fhall find very few, to whom nature has been fuch a niggard... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the fame manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out...helps, are never able to make their appearance. If the reader will give me leave to change the alluflon fo foon upon him, I fhall make ufe of the fame... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fp.it, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the lame manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every Jatent virtue and perfection, which, without fuch helps, are never able to make their appearance. If... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the fame manner, when ' it works upon a noble mind, draws out...every latent virtue and perfection, which, without fuch.helps, are never able to make their appearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the... | |
 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...the Deity, when in its natural state, as to abjure him when corrupted by vice. CCXXXIII. Education, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view...every latent virtue and perfection; which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance. — Addison. ccxxxiv. He that supports an infant,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, and vein that runs through the body of it.? Education, after the fame manner, . •when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and. perfect ion, which without fuch helps, are never able to make their, appearance. «. If my reader will... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...difcovers every ornamental cloud, fpot, and vein that runs through the body of k. Education, after the fame manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out...without fuch, helps, are never able to make their appearancet — Sfectator. IT is incumbent on every man who confults his own dignity to retract his... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out...every latent virtue and perfection, which without such helps are never able to make their appearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion... | |
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