 From ufe, obfcure and futtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wifdom, what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concerne Unpradtis'd, unprepar'd, and ftill to feek.  Bibliotheque britannique - Page 100edited by - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Smart - College students' writings, English - 1751 - 448 pages
...andfubtile; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the-prime wifdom, what is,more is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence ; And renders us in things that more concent Unpraflis'd, unprepard, andjlul to feck. ., Many Marly other things of this foft were... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...From ufe, obfcure and futtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily Ufe, Is the prime wifdom, what is more, is fume,. Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concern Unpraflis'd, . unprepar'd, and ftill to feek. Therefore from this high pitch let us defcend A lower... | |
 | John Spencer (of Newcastle.) - 1772 - 938 pages
...ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence ; And renders us in things of more concern Unpra&ic'd, unprepar'd, and (iill to feek. FARAD. LOST, Book viii. 1. 191. Fond man... | |
 | Natural history - 1785 - 552 pages
...and Literary Differtations, page 183. That which before us lies, in daily life, Is the prime wifdom ; what is more is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things, that moft concern, Unpradtis'd, unprepar'd, and ftill to feek. Par. Loft. Book VIII. OBSERVATIONS on the INFLUENCE of... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1794 - 482 pages
...ufe, obfcufe, and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime ivifjvm ; what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence,...things, that moft concern, Unpraftis'd, unprepar'd, and ftill to feek. Had your mind roved lefs ; had your experience taught more; you had been lefs unprepared,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...ufe, obfcure and fubtile, but to know That which before us lies in daily life. Is the prime wifdom ; what is more, is fume Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moll concern Unpra&is'd, unprcpar'd, and ftill to feck. Therefore from this high pitch let us derfcencf... | |
 | William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That, which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom; what is more is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concern, UnpraCtis'd , unprepar'd , and ftill to feck. Thefe beautiful lines are built in fome meafure, as Bentley... | |
 | Henry Kett - Best books - 1803 - 468 pages
...fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wifdom ; what is more, is fums Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concern, Unpraftis'd, unprcpar'd, and ftill to feek'm." As to point out the relative importance and utility of thefe ftudies,... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 450 pages
...ufe, obfcure and futtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wifdom, what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concerne Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, and ftill to feek. Therefore from this high pitch let us defcend... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 464 pages
...ufe, obfcure and futtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wifdom, what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that moft concerne Unpraclis'd, unprepar'd, and ftill to feek. Therefore from this high pitch let us defcend... | |
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