 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...experience taught, she leant . 190 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, 195 And renders us, in things that... | |
 | Juvenal - 1813 - 430 pages
...T— ie who are instructed by what they meet with in common life, !)nd profit by daily experience. To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. MILTON. 23. What day, &c.] Festa dies signifies a day set apart for the observance of some... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 396 pages
...opera. THE PROJECTOR. N° 77. " 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. December 1807. .T OR some weeks past I have had reason to be alarmed for these my... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 746 pages
...by reading of books in my ftudy, but alfo by expcrier.ee of life abroad in trie world. Afchani. — To know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wifdom. Milt. Per. I.oJI. H. Living perfon. — Why ftiould I play the Roman fool, and die On my own fword... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1817 - 420 pages
...opera. (109 THE PROJECTOR. N° 77. " 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. December 1807. .T OR some weeks past I have had reason to be alarmed for these my... | |
 | John Milton - 1817 - 214 pages
...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. 196—224. PARADISE LOST. BOOK vm. Or emptiness, or fond impertinence... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1817 - 732 pages
...management of infants and children constitute a part of the education of females? for — — — — — to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. MILTON. " He is aware that many imperfections will present themselves to the intelligent reader.... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...should never " follow a multitude to do NUMBER XXIII. Of the necessity of learning how to use money. -" To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime of wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, 01 fond impertinence." MiLTorf. THERE is one inferior... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...experience taught, she learn, 190 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 ; « hat is more, is fume, O, emptiness, or fond impertinence, 195 And renders us in things... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...experience taught, she Irani, That not to know at Urge 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... | |
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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... 
