 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. Books are not seldom talismans and spells By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthralled.  Poems - Strana 125podľa William Cowper - 1817Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Počet stránok 798
...vi. Winter Walh at Noon. Line 85. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Ibid. Line 96. Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink'd. Ibid. Line 101. I would... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - Počet stránok 340
...enrich. 95 Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. I Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which...shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthralled. 100 Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwinked. Some the style Infatuates, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - Počet stránok 340
...and spells, j By which the magic art of shrewder wits jHplds an unthinking multitude enthralled. 100 Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment...hoodwinked. Some the style Infatuates, and through labyrinths and wilds Of error, leads them by a tune entranced. While sloth seduces more, too weak to... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - Počet stránok 890
...without his books. Ibid. Line 85. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Ibid. Line 96. Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink'd. Ibid. Line tot. I would... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1876 - Počet stránok 474
...Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men : Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which...art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude enthrall'd. Some to the fascination of a name [ i Surrender judgment hood-wink'd. Some the style i... | |
 | 1876 - Počet stránok 450
...as it were, in the eye. — Same. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. —Cowper : Task, bk. vi. HIV 96. Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1877 - Počet stránok 592
...the touch of one whose heart is attuned only to earthly melodies." CHAPTER VIII. SATURDAY EVENING. " Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which...Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink' d. Some the style Infatuates, and through labyrinths and wilds Of error leads them, by a... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - Počet stránok 364
...u it were, in the eye. — Same. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. —Cowper : Teak, bk. vi. line 96. Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the moat... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - Počet stránok 388
...as it were, in the eye. — Same. Knowledge is prond that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. — Cowper : Tailc, bk. vi. line 90. Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - Počet stránok 292
...encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans...hoodwinked. Some, the style Infatuates, and through labyrinth and wilds Of error leads them, by a tune entranced. While sloth seduces more, too weak to... | |
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