...preach, and errors in governments while men govern. Sir Dudley Carlton. EimORS-like Straws. Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must dive below. Dryden. ESTEEM-of Men. We must never prefer the esteem of men to the approbation of God. Every day...

...Canto II. Spare his error for his virtue's sake. WHITEHEAD.— Prol. to the Orphan of China. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. DRYDEN. — Prol. to All for Love, Line 25. ESCAPE.— Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee,...

...knowledge, than indiscriminate fault-finding. As Dryden has justly remarked, " Errors, like straws, npon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below." § 400. Abuse. — The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which often appear...

...SYRUS. Like a painted Jove, Kept idle thunder in his painted hand. Annus Mtralnlis. Stanza 39. Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must dive below. All for Loce. Prologue. Men are but children of a larger growth. Ibid. Act iv. Sc. 1. Your ignorance...

...are unnoticed wheresoe'er they fly, But eagles gazed upon by every eye. Shakesp. Rape uf L. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must dive below. Dryden, Annus Afirabilis. 39. Though gay as mirth, as curious thought sedate ; As elegance polite,...

...407. Like a painted Jove, Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand. Anmis Mirabilis. Stan2a 39. Krrors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A II for L eve. Prologue. Men are but children of a larger growth. Ibid. Act iv. Sc. i. Your ignorance...

...He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought." " Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below." " Men are but children of a larger growth." *' But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within...

...A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day, Like Hectors in at every petty fray. Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all. (Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; 25 m • He who would search for pearls must dive below....

...knowledge, than indiscriminata fault-finding. As Dryden has justly remarked, "Errors, like straws, npon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below." § 400. Abuse.—The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which often appear...

...critics who find faults and cannot see beauties, and nothing else would have done as well. " Errors like straws upon the surface flow. He who would search for pearls must dive below." So did Swift illustrate the hypochondriacal fancies of discontent. " Small causes are sufficient to...