Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. The Life of John Cotton - Page 118by Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and squar'd and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich.... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and squar'd and fitted to its place> Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich.... | |
| 1801 - 432 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and squar'd, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t" enrich.... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 456 pages
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| Thomas Tomkins - 1806 - 348 pages
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| William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...wiser grow without his hooks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from heing one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitahle mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom huilds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted... | |
| 1809 - 596 pages
...reasonings are his own. If therefore, the distinction of the poet be just — ' Knowledge dwells In head i replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own ;' the author is plainly a wise man. At all events, we confess Ourselves refreshed by a labourer in... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...grow without his books. • Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and squar'd and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich.... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; 90 Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge,...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to it's place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich.... | |
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