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. The Philomathesian - Page 2751834 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. 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. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend, and every foe. A little learning is a dangeroas thing ! 15 Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian ' spring ; There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...be won ; 'Twas ne'er entailed from sire to son. Gay. 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. Pope. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends... | |
| Edward J. Hallock - 1854 - 260 pages
...foe. ' § »>•• „ » 4 90, R. 8. 3 & 54, R. 22. 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. 3. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| James Haughton - 1855 - 256 pages
...A POBTION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. far CHAPTEE I. " A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, Rut drinking largely sobers us again." — Pope. KNOWLEDGE leads to wisdom. It is an invaluable possession... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. 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. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...to know, .Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing 1 Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...defects to know, Make use of every friend, and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the bram, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. 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. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. 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. Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless... | |
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