 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pàgines
...without his oooks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Know ledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men...mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, '1 ill smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to ill place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pàgines
...give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection....so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pàgines
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t ' enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much : Wisdom is humble that he knows no more,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pàgines
...give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his bocks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection....The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to it's place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pàgines
...Cowper, in the following lines, accurately and elegantly shews the difference ; " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge...other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." To aim at precision in writing, will always be found conducive to the intellectual improvement of the... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 578 pàgines
...own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere material with which Wisdom builds, 'Till smooth'd and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber...so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." Task, Book 6. CHAPTER f. GENERAL VIEW OF DIFFERENT WRITERS OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT: THE ARRANGEMENT... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 574 pàgines
...between wisdom and knowledge. Cowper has very accurately marked the distinction. " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge...own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere material with which Wisdom builds, , 'Till smooth'd and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pàgines
...as a divinity." L. LOCKE. " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft'times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...The mere materials with which Wisdom builds ; Till smooth"d, and squar'd, and fitted to its place, Does hut encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...his books. Knowledg-e and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwell« In heads replete with thoughts of other men Wisdom...The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to' enrich. Knowledge... | |
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds,... 
