 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till, warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, " That not to know at large of things remote " From...more, is fume, " Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; " And renders us, in things that most concern, " Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek. " Therefore... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till wara'd, or by experience taught, she learn, awing back the veil, The god shall to his votaries...tell Each conscious tear, each blushing grace, That : And renders us, in things that most concern, Vnpractis'd, unpropar'd, and still to seek. Therefore... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; 190 " Till, waru'd, or by experience taught, she learn, " That not to know at large of things remote " From...life, " Is the prime wisdom : what is more, is fume, 195 " Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; " And renders us, in things that most concern, " Unpractis'd,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1860 - 722 pages
...Unchecked, and of her roving is no end, Till warned, or by experience taught, she learn That, not to know nt large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but to know That which lies before us in daily life Is the prime wisdom. What is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence... | |
 | William Laver - 1842 - 110 pages
...so much for man, are we not justified in showing the young mind how she produces her effects ; for " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." — MILTON. QUESTIONS. 1 7. What is the definition of our present science, chemistry ? 18. Where had... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...is to rove Uncheck'd, and of her roving is no end ; Till warn'd, or by experience Inught, she learn, ion name . Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. : And renders us, in tilings that most concern, Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, and still to seek. Therefore... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and suttle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom . . . [8.188-94] Adam is recognizing here the inherent, created tendency of the "Fancie" which he has... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages
...Fancy is to rove Uncheckt, and of her roving is no end; Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use,...before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom; (VIII. 188-94) This lesson in usefulness is what many have seized on as the definitive statement of... | |
 | Darrel Abel - Didactic fiction, American - 1988 - 348 pages
...comprehend, and which points out the pragmatic wisdom of being content with "useful" knowledge: Nut to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. (PL 8.191-94.) Pope, in the Essay on Man reduced the same idea to a platitude in pointing out that... | |
 | Philippe Ariès, Michelle Perrot, Georges Duby - History - 1987 - 754 pages
...essence of salvation. As that favorite poet of the Evangelicals, the Puritan John Milton wrote: For not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure...That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom.3 To know one's self and the state of one's soul was the "prime wisdom." The second major duty... | |
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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... 
