 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...  The Quarterly Review - Page 227redigeeritud poolt - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 lehte
...MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 316.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1829. [Price :»c/. " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that most concern,... | |
 | Waldegrave (fict.name.) - 1829 - 218 lehte
...rather too far, was glad to compromise, and for the sake of peace conformed to her rules. CHAPTER IX. That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom: what is more is fame, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 lehte
...new, He only from their cause their natures knew. Denham. Not to Anoir of things remote, but knaia That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. Milton. i hese are resolved into a confessed ignorance, and I shall not pursue them to their old asylum... | |
 | David Bristow Baker - 1831 - 244 lehte
...she learn, That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle; but, to know, That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom: what is more, is fume Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 lehte
...learn, 1DO That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom : What is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence : 195 And renders us, in things that most... | |
 | Hannah More - 1832 - 564 lehte
...RELIGION AND MORALS. For nqt to know at largo of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom.— -Miîfon. PREFACE. WHEX I quitted home on a little excursion in the spring of this present year, J808,... | |
 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1833 - 64 lehte
...and at last to learn, That, not to know of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies, in daily life Is the prime wisdom.* There, too are those languages dead and living, which, whilst they give ready access to the knowledge... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 lehte
...and the school-boy's satchel. Such a work would he superlatively valuable at any time. For " To know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom ; what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us. in things that most concern,... | |
 | Thomas Smith Grimké - 1835 - 52 lehte
...taught, she learns, That not .to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom : Par. Lost, B. 8, v. 190. But the advocates of the classics will then say—What tho' we grant your... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1835 - 308 lehte
...more ample range — I desired a more extended field. I thought with the immortal Milton that •• That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." . Misty in the Parish School . and, for my part, I had no idea of a thing lying before me without stooping... | |
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