 | Charles Whitehead - 1835 - 308 pàgines
...more ample range — I desired a more extended field. I thought with the immortal Milton that •• That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." . Misty in the Parish School . and, for my part, I had no idea of a thing lying before me without stooping... | |
 | 1836 - 378 pàgines
...roving fancy, and at last to learn, That, not to know of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies, in daily life Is the prime wisdom.* There, too, are those languages dead and living, which, whilst they give ready access to the knowledge and... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pàgines
...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, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that most concern,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pàgines
...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, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; £ And renders us, in things that most... | |
 | 1837 - 494 pàgines
...purposes of legislation, " 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." Neither have the improvements in our institutions resulted from a recurrence to the original forms... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1837 - 362 pàgines
...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, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that most concern,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pàgines
...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, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that most concern,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pàgines
...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, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; And renders us, in things that most concern,... | |
 | 1838 - 520 pàgines
...VíK i MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, MUSEUM, AND GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7th, 1837— MARCKSl'st, 1838. VOL. XXVIII. " To know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom." — MII.TON. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY WA ROBERTSON, MECHANICS' MAGAZINE OFFICE, PBTERBOROUGH-COOBT.... | |
 | 1838 - 426 pàgines
...night. SW THE YALENSIAN. " 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. I HAVE often been struck while sauntering along the college yard, with the many peculiarities... | |
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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... 
