 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, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber...  Poems - Page 317by William Cowper - 1818 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, uuprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds,...so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 5. An upright minister asks what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister asks who recommends him. 6.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted toits place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom...no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, Лy which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthralled. Some to the fascination... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds wilda Of error leads them, by a tune entranced. While sloth seduces more, too weak to bear The insupportable... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 324 pages
...pleads her cause within the breast, • Though long rebell'd against, not yet suppress'd. — Cmoper Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. — Id, For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their living strength, and unfrequented left His righteous... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...builds, Till smoothed and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 5. An upright minister asks what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister asks who recommends him. 6.... | |
 | M A. Meredith - 1852 - 194 pages
...fitted to its place Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more....and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthrall'd. Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment, hoodwink'd... | |
 | 1852 - 288 pages
...— We m&y glean lcnowtedge by reading, but the chaff must be separated from the wheat by thinking. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much — wisdom is humble that he knows no more. THE BULLETIN. at St. Dutttnt of Ihul. ~ ^— ^' " Give me one who fixes his affections on God alone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...to its place, . Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. 95 Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more....are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magick art of shrewder wits Hold an unthinking multitude enthralTd. 100 Some to the fascination of... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Coivper. L. LABOR. From labor health, from health contentment springs ; Contentment opes the source... | |
 | Robert Cox - 1853 - 744 pages
...present :— " Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthralled. Some to the fascination...name Surrender judgment hood-winked. Some the style 385 In no city upon earth could these powerful passages have been thundered forth more fitly than in... | |
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