 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...  Oeuvres completes - Side 144af François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Milton - 1789 - 278 sider
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vaifl. But apt the mind or fancy is torovd Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, ftie [earn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and mbtle, but to know... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 278 sider
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. Biic apt the mind or fancy is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, me learn, Jg« That not to know at large of things remote 'From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1794 - 482 sider
...from the ftage. Thus he combats your theory : — Eut, apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove, Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end, , Till warn'd, or by EXPERIENCE taught, {he learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcufe, and fubtle, but to know That... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1794 - 468 sider
...from the ftage. Thus he combats your theory : — But, apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove, Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end, Till warn'd, or by EXPERIENCE taught, flic learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure, and-fubtle, but to know That... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 sider
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she lenrn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 sider
...experience taught, (he learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtile, but to know That which before us lies in daily life. Is the prime wifdom ; what is more, is fume Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moll... | |
 | 1808 - 704 sider
...account. The result in this respect strongly exemplified the truth of Milton's observation : Tint, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...but to know That which before us lies in daily life ]s the prime wisdom. At his house in High streer, Mary-lebone, in his 71st year, silcifaiiiia' Dalrymple,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sider
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain ! But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience...learn, That not to know at large of things remote 191 From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime... | |
 | Marc Auguste Pictet, Charles Pictet de Rochemont, Frédéric Guillaume baron Maurice - 1798 - 420 sider
....... Apt the mind , or fancy , is to rove Unchecked , and of her roving is no end ; 'Till warn'd orby experience taught, she learn , That not to know at large of things remote From vife , obfcure and fubtle , but to know That which before us lies , in daily life , Is the prime wisdom... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 sider
...the lowly flowers, which he may be most likely to find in his path, " For not to dwell at large, on things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but to know That which before us lies, in common life, Is the chief wisdom." The scientific name of each flower is added, in order to assist... | |
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