 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,...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2131820Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 608 pages
...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 Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek. Therefore from... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...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 Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek. MILTON. Who... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...things romo'.e From use, obscure and subtle ; but tn know That which before us lies in doily life, ed blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The t : And renders us, in tilings that most concern, VnpracDs'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek. Therefore... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1877 - 472 pages
...astronomy. He concludes, like a practical Englishman : " But to knowThat 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, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." 1 The angel... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, l thou feed on death, that feeds on men ; And, death once dead, there's no more And renders us in things that most concern Unpractised, unprepared, still to seek.— 2175. KNOWLEDGE:... | |
 | D. C. L. - 1878 - 246 pages
...of geography, astronomy, geology, physiology &c. "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 Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." From the examples... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...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 Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek. MII.TON. Who... | |
 | D. C. L. - 1878 - 242 pages
...of geography, astronomy, geology, physiology &c. "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 Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." From the examples... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1880 - 410 pages
...things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, IB the prime wisdom : what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us, in things that most concern, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." MILTON. 41... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...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 Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek. Therefore from... | |
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