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" Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in... "
Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses - Page 64
by John Ferriar - 1812
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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A Critical Dissertation with Notes on Milton's Paradise Regained

Richard Meadowcourt - 1748 - 56 pages
...flrong Lines. — — — However many Books Wife Men have faid are wearifome j who reads Inceflantly, and to his reading brings not A Spirit and Judgment- equal or fuperiour, (And what he brings, what needs he elfewhere feeks ?\ Uncertain and unfettled ftill remains,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...or by delusion Far worse, her false resemblance only meets, 3z9 An empty cloud. However, many books, Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit...judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, 3z6 Deep vers'd in books and shallow...
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Dialogue

Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 pages
...one from Milton, the other from Dr. Johnson, variously applicable and of deepest consequence, " He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-vers'd in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...
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The pursuits of literature, a poem [by T.J. Mathias].

Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...one from Milton, the other from Dr. Johnson, variously applicable and of deepest consequence. •' He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal er superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude...
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues. With Notes

Thomas James Mathias - English literature - 1803 - 614 pages
...one from Milton, the other from Dr. Johnson, variously applicable and of deepest consequence. " He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...resemblance only meets, 321) An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd in books and shallow...
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes

Thomas James Mathias - Satire, English - 1808 - 684 pages
...Milton, the other from Dr. Johnson, variously applicable and of deepest consequence. " He who roads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep Tersed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superiour, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains,...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...home, I A spirit and judgment equal or supérieur, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seeb ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As childeren...
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