...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or t And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless...

...true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due." " A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely, sobers us again." " Harmony of period, and melody of style, have greater weight...

...celebrated lines in the " Essay on Criticism : "— " A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again,"—EDIT. II. He desires to imitate the ancient Fathers, as well...

...ignorance. This should teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and...

...ignorance. This should teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and...

...treated, has never been more felt than at this moment. — ' A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. But drinking deeply sobers us again.' We might further illustrate the truth of our remarks, by calling attention...

...assume in ignorance the part of the country squire : " A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain." I do not assert that a knowledge of military tactics, or of law, is inconsistent with agriculture....

...Hence the poet's advice is bulh true and important : A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. He who would read profitably must read with an humble and teachable...

...defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend-and ev'ry foe. A Hull' learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless...

...have been caught from a celebrated couplet of Pope : " A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring ; There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking deeper sobers us again." One would like to know what extent of acquired knowledge would constitute...