 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid, Leave them to God above. but to know That which before us lies in daily life...more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. Joy thou In what he gives to thee, this paradise And thy fair Eve ; heaven is for thee too high To... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 436 pages
...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... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pages
...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 - 1826 - 318 pages
...rove 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,...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... | |
 | Hannah More - 1827 - 596 pages
...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 - 1827 - 598 pages
...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 - 1827 - 402 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... | |
 | 1828 - 1538 pages
...; 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'... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...with wand'ring thoughts, and notions rain. But apt the mind or fancy is to rove Uncheck'J, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or hy experience taught,...That 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... | |
 | Waldegrave (fict.name.) - 1829 - 218 pages
...rather too far, was glad to compromise, and for the sake of peace conformed to her rules. CHAPTER IX. That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom: what is more is fame, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern. Unpractised,... | |
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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... 
