 If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive, and be full.  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 621824Full view - About this book
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 pages
...firft receivesTherefore a mafter fhould temper his own powers, and defcend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives...little of it ; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you fhall fill many of them, and fpill little of your own ; to their capacity they will all receive and... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 pages
...fctyuiing from it, thro' which liquors are poured into velVcls with narrow mouths; a tundifli. — If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives...little of it ; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you lliall ft!! m.rny of them. Btn Jobnjm. — The outward ear or auricul i is made hollow, and contracted... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pages
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...voice encourage such an impression : severity appears to suit his character, and his stronglanguage inted with the world of realities, from which iron...excluded me. I was unacquainted with men — for (ill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity they will receive and be full.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...take the work out of her hand», and commit it to the artificial help of strong wateri. Raleigh. It you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it. Ben Jonim'i Diaxnerie*. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day, and some gluttom have used to have... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 282 pages
...language loses nothing of its force by his deep and passionate earnestness. In his delivery, he times the utterance to the ear better, we think, than any orator...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 278 pages
...utterance to the ear better, we think, than any orator we have before heard: his words come out just aa fast as they can be agreeably collected and understood...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1834 - 300 pages
...Jonson : — ' If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a tunnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern ; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pages
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. [/` [/ H [/ all receive and be full. And as it is fit to read the best authors to youth first, so let them be of... | |
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