 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
 | 1817 - 732 sider
...management of infants and children constitute a part of the education of females? for — — — — — to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. MILTON. " He is aware that many imperfections will present themselves to the intelligent reader. He... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1818 - 432 sider
...should never " follow a multitude to do NUMBER XXIII. Of the necessity of learning how to use money. -" To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime of wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, 01 fond impertinence." MiLTorf. THERE is one inferior... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 sider
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Unchecked, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure, and subtle, but to know That which... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sider
...[vain. Seek them with wandering thoughts, and notions But apt the mind or fancy is to rove L'nchtck'd, on Gripus, or on Gripus' wife. If parts allure thee, think how Bacon Irani, That not to know at Urge of things remote From use, obscure and subtle; but to know That which... | |
 | 1837 - 604 sider
...darkened, but mentally illuminated Milton written : — " Not to know at large of things remote From use and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." It should ever be borne in mind, that success in life is not regarded by the wise man as an end, but... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 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 learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure, and subtle, but to know That which... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 sider
...Seek them with wandering thoughts, and notions But apt the mind or fancy is to rove [vain. Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 sider
...the door in my face, and the emphatical utterance of the interjection "Bah!" WHAT LIFE TO CHOOSE.' " Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom." Paradise Lost. " WHEN 1 look round upon the material world," says a Pagan writer, " and observe the... | |
 | 1823 - 592 sider
...door in my face, and the emphatical utterance' of the interjection " Bah !" 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 iu daily life, Is the prime wisdom." Paradist last. " WHEN I look round upon the material world," says... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1823 - 380 sider
...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 Imogen pointed... | |
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