 | 1776 - 478 lehte
...food, and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know Or measure what the mind may well contain; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. l5a Know then, that after Lucifer from fieav'n (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 lehte
...the beginning of words, than to cut them off from the end . Milton therefore Teems to have fomewhat mistaken the nature of our language, of which the chief defect is niggednefs and aljterity, and has left our Iim-lli cadences yet hardier. Buthiselifions are not all... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 lehte
...and needs no less Her temp' ranee over appetite, to know Or measure what the mind may we'-l contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, tlwt after Lucifer from Heaven (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 lehte
...and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, that after Lucifer from Heav'n (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 lehte
...and needs no less Her temp'rancc over appetite, to know Or measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 KNOW then, that after Lucifer from Heaven (?o call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | 1803 - 290 lehte
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As.... Knowledge...soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers, and is allowed... | |
 | 1806 - 346 lehte
...suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As, Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. Knowledge— This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 lehte
...before another, or the suppression of th^ Itst syllable of a word ending with a vowel, whea a IIH el begins the following word. As • Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon tarns \Yitdom to folly, as nourishment to wind, Sib..This licence, though now disused in English poetry,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 lehte
...and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know Or measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, th.n after Lucifer from Heav'n (^o call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 lehte
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turn? Wisdom to fol/y, as nourishment to wind. There is reason to believe that we have negligently... | |
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But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. 
