 | Horace Smith - English essays - 1825
...the dinner, being expressly confined to the " Memoirs of a Haunch of Mutton." WHAT LIFE TO CHOOSE. " Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but to know Is the prime wisdom." Paradise Z»st. That which before us lies in daily life, " WHEN I look round... | |
 | Books - 1820
...Montaigne's reflexions and writings is the philosophy of life. How to live well and die well with him Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. To achieve this, he studied himself deeply and accurately ; he dissected and anatomized his feelings,... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 294 pages
...Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, 196 That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence : IK And renders us, in things that most concern, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek. Therefore... | |
 | William Goodhugh - Best books - 1827 - 392 pages
...remarkable. JOSEPH, (by Bitaube). A charming work. The HENRIADE. Superb. Canto \ Praties of Useful —Not to know at large of things remote From use,...impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern, Unpractis'd, unprepared, and still to seek. .' Paradise Lost, b. 8. The rapid extension of Mechanics'... | |
 | Hannah More - Bible plays - 1827
...SEARCH OF A WIFE. COMPBtHENDINO OBSERVATIONS ON DOMESTIC HABITS AND MANNERS, RELIGION AND MORALS. Tor not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...but to know That which before us lies in daily life, í • the prime wisdom. MILTON. PREFACE. WHO I quitted home on a little excursion in the spring of... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827
...OBSERVATIONS ON DOMESTIC HABITS AND MANNERS, RELIGION AND MORALS For not to know at large of tilines remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wiedom. MILTQX. PREFACE. Win x I qnittcd home ona little excursion in the spring of this present year,... | |
 | William Goodhugh - Best books - 1827 - 392 pages
...I EM: i MM Superb. Canto £tfrraries of Useful — Not to know at large of things remote From ate, obscure, and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Ts the prime wisdom : wjiat is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in... | |
 | Scotland - 1828
...; And be warned by Adam's advice and our own . to know, That which before them on the table lies, I Is the prime wisdom — what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. 12 3 te to say, the London, Monthly, 'and New Monthly Magazines. SHEPHERD. Come, come, nae sneerin'... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1829
...Lane. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 316.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1829. [Price :»c/. " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is...things that most concern, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." MILTOH. FRENCH PROCESS OF CASTING MEDALLIONS. VOL. XI. FF 434 FRENCH PROCESS OF... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 375 pages
...not to know at large of things remote, From use ohscure and suhtle, hut to knoir That which hefore us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom ; what...impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, an$ still to seek. Therefore from this high pitch let us descend A"!ower flight,... | |
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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... 
