 | 1822 - 284 pagina’s
...experience taught, she learn, That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. What is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence : And renders us, in things that... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pagina’s
...experience taught, she learn, That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prune wisdom. What is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence : And renders us, in things... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1823 - 380 pagina’s
...feelings, and the disappointed emotions of a too-exquisite and unhappy sensibility. CBAF. XXXIV. " To know " That which before us lies in daily life " Is the prime wisdom." MILTON. " I've ta'en too little care of this." SHAKESPEARE. NEVER had the inclinations of... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pagina’s
...experience taught, she learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote, From u^e obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life. Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, 195 And renders us in things that... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagina’s
...folly. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 7. Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pagina’s
...with the business oflife. " " For not to know at large of things remote From use obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." If it be desirable to encourage men to cultivate their minds, and to open to them the fountains... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid, Leave them to God above. but to know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom, what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. Joy thou In what he gives to thee,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 348 pagina’s
...Mutton." WHAT LIFE TO CHOOSE. " Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle; but to know ^ That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom." Paradise >Ij,nt. " WHEN I look round upon the material world," says a Pagan writer, " and... | |
 | Hannah More - 1827 - 598 pagina’s
...MANNERS, RELIGION AND MORALS For not to know at large of tilines remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wiedom. MILTQX. PREFACE. Win x I qnittcd home ona little excursion in the spring of this present year,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 pagina’s
...Lane. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 316.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1829. [Price :»c/. " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that... | |
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That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom... 
