 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...  Oeuvres completes - Page 144by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Bible - 1711 - 464 pages
...Se.ckthem with wandring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the Mind or Fancy is to rove Uncheckt, and of her roving is no end; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, ihe learn, 150 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, sbfcuie and futtle, but to know... | |
 | John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...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 wiWom : what is more, is fume, Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence ; 19* And renders us, in things that... | |
 | John Milton - 1750 - 682 pages
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Unchcck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, ihe learn, 1 90 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...them with wand'ring thoughts , and notions vain. But, apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove Un-check'd , and of her roving is no end : Till warn'd , or by experience taught , she learn , . That 5 not to know at large of things remote From ufe , obfeure , and fubtile ; but , to know That which... | |
 | John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove, Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, fhe learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...taoght, flie learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtfe, bat to know That which before us lies in daily life; ' Is the prime wifdom : what is more5' is filmed <Dr 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 - 890 pages
...Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions vain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, fhe learn, 19» That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, hut to know... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...PAR AD. LB viii. 19). — — Not, to tnovv at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure or fubtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom : what is more is fame, Or emptincfs, or fond impertinence ; And renders us in things that moil... | |
 | Natural history - 1785 - 552 pages
...reflections with the following lines from Milton. - - - Apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove Unchecked, and of her roving is no end ; "Till warn'd, or by experience taught fhc learn, That not to know at large of things remote From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know * On... | |
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