 Till, warn'd, or by experience 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, 195 " Or emptiness, or...  Milton's Paradise Lost: With Copious Notes, Explanatory and Critical, Partly ... - Page 172by John Milton - 1840 - 452 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1750 - 692 pages
...experience taught, me learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdomj what is more, is fume* Of trerfe of Homer, fo much admir'd while he was gazing at the ftars... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...and notions vain. But, apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove Un-chcck'd , and of her roving is no end : Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn»' That, not to know at large of things remote From ufe , obfcure, and fubtile ; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the. prime wifdom... | |
 | John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...experience taught, fhe learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From 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? 195 And renders us.^n things that... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...experience taught, (he learn, That not to know at large of things remote 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 r And renders us in things that mod... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...taught, fhe learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, bat to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom : what is morej- is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, 195 And renders us, in things... | |
 | John Spencer (of Newcastle.) - 1772 - 938 pages
...BOOKS. The AUTHOR, JOHN SPENCER. • Not to know at large of things remote From 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 278 pages
...experience taught, me learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdoru ; what is more, is fume, Or cmptinefs, or fond impertinence, ijj And renders us in things that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 316 pages
...experience taught, fte learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdonj ; what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, 155 And renders us in things that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 430 pages
...experience taught, me learn, 190 That not to know ^t large of things remote From 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, ijj And renders us in things that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 276 pages
...experience taught, me learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdonj ; what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, jj$ And renders us in things that... | |
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