 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
 | 1836 - 378 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 lehte
...taught, 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 - 1837 - 512 lehte
...taught, 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,... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1837 - 362 lehte
...taught, 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,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 lehte
...taught, 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,... | |
 | 1837 - 494 lehte
...purposes of legislation, " 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." Neither have the improvements in our institutions resulted from a recurrence to the original forms... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 lehte
...taught, 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... | |
 | 1838 - 520 lehte
...MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, MUSEUM, AND GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7th, 1837— MARCKSl'st, 1838. VOL. XXVIII. " To know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom." — MII.TON. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY WA ROBERTSON, MECHANICS' MAGAZINE OFFICE, PBTERBOROUGH-COOBT.... | |
 | 1838 - 426 lehte
...SW THE YALENSIAN. " 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." Milton. I HAVE often been struck while sauntering along the college yard, with the many peculiarities... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1838 - 408 lehte
...for a more ample range — 1 desired a more extended field. I thought with the immortal Milton that " That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom ;" vate learning at its root, Mr. Misty, our tutor, was by no means alert at supplying us with implements,... | |
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