 | 1880 - 566 pages
...the principle he has himself laid down in the often-quoted lines (Paradise Regained, iv. 322) — " Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...or superior. Uncertain and unsettled still remains, l)eep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself." Some of Milton's Greek iooks have been traced; his... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 pages
...false resemblance onely meets, 3ao An empty cloud. However many books Wise men have said are wearisom; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) 325 Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 2002 - 192 pages
...gloomily penetrating and disillusioned comments on men and their motives by Tacitus. It is the old story; "who reads incessantly and to his reading brings not a spirit and judgment equal or superior" is liable to lose the advantages of his reading. After all, it doesn't require very much effort to... | |
 | 1909 - 502 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 superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - 1927 - 738 pages
...book a passage which said, " He who reads incessantly and to his reading brings not a spirit and a judgment equal or superior, uncertain and unsettled still remains, deep versed in books but shallow in himself." There is one other reason and that is that to my mind it treats the examination... | |
 | 1898 - 640 pages
...and. truth to tell, that is all you can hope for. READING WITH A PURPOSE. ' BY I1KKTHA VOI.KNTIN K . " Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in hooks, and shallow in himself." " Knowledge obtained by means of thinking * * is the only kind that... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 pages
...Regained's delineation of the unfit reader implies. Tempted with the wisdom of Athens, Jesus responds: who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...her false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However many books Wise men have said are wearisom; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A Spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled sliU remains, Deep versl... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 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 superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed... | |
 | R. M. Seiler - 1980 - 476 pages
...quackery and imposture. Everywhere we see examples to confirm the truth of Milton's reproach: The man who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings why need he elsewhere seek?), Uncertain and unsettled still remains. Deep versed... | |
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Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in... 
