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" However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and... "
The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues. With Notes - Page 452
by Thomas James Mathias - 1803 - 574 pages
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The pursuits of literature, a poem [by T.J. Mathias].

Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...ministers, when called upon to promote them, will tell you not without reason, " they are not producible\"\ Let me give two passages on this subject, one from...his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal er superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude...
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes

Thomas James Mathias - 1808 - 684 pages
...qpcasion, when he was Prime Minister in George the Second's In arts, in arms, in eloquence, or song; Let me give two passages on this subject, one from...variously applicable and of deepest consequence. " He who roads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain...
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The pursuits of literature, a poem [by T.J. Mathias].

Thomas James Mathias - 1808 - 682 pages
...when he was Prime Minister in George the Second's 452 453 In arts, in arms, in eloquence, or song ; Let me give two passages on this subject, one from Milton, the othiT from Dr. Johnson, variously applicable and of deepest consequence. " Ho who reads Incessantly,...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superiour, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains,...
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Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 13

1817 - 566 pages
...tueri; potestas modo veniendi in publicum sit, DICENDI PERICUI.UM NON RECUSO." Edinburgh, July 1817. He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal ur superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in fiimsf!f."—MiLTOV,...
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Noctes Atticae: Or, Reveries in a Garret; Containing Short, and Chiefly ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...with equal powers of skill and discernment. ' However many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and a judgment, equal or superior, (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 4

John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...errare per multos." Senec. De Tranquillitat, Animi. C. 9. DUNSTER. Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgement equal or superiour, 324 (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ?)! Uncertain and...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...incessantly. Faerie Quemt. The incessant weeping of my wife. Forced me to seek delays. Skakipeare. Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or tuperior. If by prayer Inceuant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would...
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Biographical sketches of eminent characters. To which are added ...

James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 pages
...With regard to books, you will read here what Milton says, before he wrote ' Paradise Lost. 1 " --- He, who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and a temper, equal or superior, Unsettled and uncertain still remains, Deep versed in books, but shallow...
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Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity

Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 pages
...diligent meditation, we acquire something which may truly be called OUR OWN : . . for, as Milton says, ' Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgement equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow...
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