 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwelli In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 420 pages
...perhaps none but themselves will ever think it worth while to investigate. THE PROJECTOR. N° 88. " Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...other men : Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." COWPER. November 1808. " TO THE PROJECTOR. " SIR, ALTHOUGH I have been a reader of your lucubrations... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to eurich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Hold an unthinking... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...without his oooks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Know ledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, '1 ill smooth'd, and squar'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his bocks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,... | |
 | 1821 - 512 pages
...of the poet's remark, that " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times DO connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their ova." Dr. Cooke's work, in so far as we can judge from the part which we have received, in place of... | |
 | William Withering - 1822 - 534 pages
...and illustrating that . . " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times no connexion: Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." Hence, after meditating on the discoveries and sublime speculations of a great astronomer, and sweeping... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...the same thing, but Cowper, in the following lines, accurately and elegantly shews the difference ; " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." To aim at precision in writing, will always be found conducive to the intellectual improvement of the... | |
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. 
