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" ... 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 181
1729
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1804 - 412 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 neyer able to make their appearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion...
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Beauties of British Prose

Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 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 ap. pearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, 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 latent virtue , which, without fuch helps, are never able to thsrir appearance, y render- will give me leave to change...
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Letters on the Improvement of the Mind: Addressed to a Lady

Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1806 - 240 pages
...ornamental Cloud, Spotj and Vein that runs through the Body of it. Education, after the same Manner, when il works upon a noble Mind, draws out to view every latent Virtue and Perfection, which without such Helps are never able to nuke their Appearance. • ADDISON. LONDON: PRINTED BY C. WHI'ITINGHAM,...
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The Rising Sun,: A Serio-comic Satiric Romance, Volume 1

Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...works upon a noble mini, draws out fo view 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 so soon upon him, I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of educa';on,...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 296 pages
...ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it. Education, after the same maimer, 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. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion...
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The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...every ornamental cloud, fpot, and rain, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the fame manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out...which, without fuch helps, are never able to make t'.ieir appearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the allufioa fo foon upon him, I fhall...
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The Spanish language, la gramática inglesa, and the English reader

Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 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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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 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...
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