 | Joel Hawes - 1839 - 146 pages
...both true and important. " A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep or taste not the Pierean 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 mind, and be ready to embrace... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1841 - 494 pages
...celebrated lines in the " Essay on Criticism : " — " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There, shallow...the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again." — EDIT. II. He desires to imitate the ancient Fathers, as well in their piety, as in their postures.... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1841 - 880 pages
...of what had seemed — but erroneously as we then found — the highest crest of the mountain : — Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts ; While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1841 - 496 pages
...celebrated lines in the " Essay on Criticism : "— " A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There, shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again,"—EDIT. II. He desires to imitate the ancient Fathers, as well in their piety, as in their... | |
 | Henry Caslon - 1841 - 598 pages
...consilii particeps: notât et ABCVEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZjEŒ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPtlRSTU VWX YZJÎŒ Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 520 pages
...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...the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and study late in life ; for it is too often... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 530 pages
...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...the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and study late in life ; for it is too often... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 514 pages
...teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning ia a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taate 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 study late in life ; for it is too often... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 pages
...spring : There shallow draught? intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. 3 Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height? if arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1842 - 200 pages
...both true and important. A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep or taste not the Pierean 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 mind, and be ready to embrace... | |
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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. 
