 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...PAR AD. LB viii. 19). — — Not, to tnovv at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure or fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom : what is more is fame, Or emptincfs, or fond impertinence ; And renders us in things that moil... | |
 | John Milton - 1789 - 278 pages
...experience taught, ftie [earn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and mbtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the pr::ae wifdora : what is more, is fume, I In goodnefs and .in pow'r pre eminent ; Tell me, how may... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1794 - 482 pages
...EXPERIENCE taught, {he learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcufe, and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime ivifjvm ; what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things, that... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1794 - 468 pages
...EXPERIENCE taught, flic learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure, and-fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the frimt ivifiiom ; what is more, is fume, Or cmptincfs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things,... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...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...That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdoiri ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...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... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, That not to know at large of things remote 191 From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which...more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, 195 VOL. n. c And renders us in things that most concern Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek.... | |
 | 1808 - 704 pages
...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,... | |
 | Marc Auguste Pictet, Charles Pictet de Rochemont, Frédéric Guillaume baron Maurice - 1798 - 420 pages
...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 ; what is more is fume Or emptinefs , or fond impertinence And renders us in things , that moft concern , Unpraftis'd , unprepar'd... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 pages
...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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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... 
