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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... "
The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register - Page 76
1808
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...but to know That which before us lies in daily life, 173. be lowly wise :] Noli 193. That which before us lies altum sapere. Hume. in daily life,] Shadowed...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...but to know That which before us lies in daily life, 173. be lowly wise .•] Noli 193. That which before us lies altum sapere. Hume. in daily life,] Shadowed...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 7. Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...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...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...wam'd, or by experience taught, she learn, 190 That not to know at large of things remote, From u^e 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, 195 And renders us...
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Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and ..., Volume 2

Horace Smith - 1825 - 352 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...but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom." Paradise Lost. " WHEN I look round upon the material world," says a Pagan writer,...
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Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive ...

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...
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The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a ...

William Goodhugh - 1827 - 402 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,...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...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 2

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...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 2

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...
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The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a ...

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...
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