| John Milton - 1824 - 510 str.
...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 most... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 str.
...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 concern... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 str.
...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 of... | |
| Horace Smith - 1825 - 348 str.
...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 observe the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 str.
...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, this paradise... | |
| Hannah More - 1827 - 598 str.
...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 str.
...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 most concern,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 str.
...new, He only from their cause their natures knew. Denham. Not to Anoir of things remote, but knaia That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. Milton. i hese are resolved into a confessed ignorance, and I shall not pursue them to their old asylum ; and... | |
| Waldegrave (fict.name.) - 1829 - 218 str.
...rather too far, was glad to compromise, and for the sake of peace conformed to her rules. CHAPTER IX. That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom: what is more is fame, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern.... | |
| John Milton - 1831 - 306 str.
...experience taught, she learn, 1DO 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 : 195 And renders us, in things that most... | |
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