 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...virtue ; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none ; Rather accuse him under usual names, ther he plies, 42 PARADISE LOST. Undaunted to meet...of the nethermost abyss Might in that noise reside, unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...virtue ; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none ; Rather accuse him under usual names, Fortune and Fate, as one regardless quite Of mortal...meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have'said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.' Many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who...brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains— Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself. 2 Perhaps no... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...these True wisdom, finds her not; or, by delusion, Far worse, her false resemblance only meets 320 An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have...superior, And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ? 325 Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 562 pages
...declining, Gloomy thoughts his bosom tear; Seems the sun, in glory shining, Now to him no longer fair, — " Who, therefore, seeks in these True wisdom, finds...her false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud." In the Love Elegy, Mimnermus is said to have reigued supreme, throughout all antiquity; (plus in amore... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 568 pages
...bosom tear; Seems the sun, in glory shining, Now to him no longer fair, — " Who, therefore, leeks in these True wisdom, finds her not; or, by delusion,...her false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud." In the Love Elegy, Mimnermus is said to have reigned supreme, throughout all antiquity; (plus in amore... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...virtue, and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none; Rather accuse him under usual names, Fortune and Fate, as one regardless quite Of mortal...brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting... | |
 | 1870 - 654 pages
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 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' — Sptnce'g Antcdota, p. fi4. lways and everywhere elaewhere seek f) Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1850 - 408 pages
...practised teacher, we shall learn that, notwithstanding all the accordance hitherto observed, — " He who seeks in these True wisdom finds her not ; or, by...her false resemblance only meets An empty cloud." If they before the Gospel lived, they served not God aright ; of their names in heavenly records there... | |
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However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed... 
