 A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.  Poems - Page 21by Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning it a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow...sobers us again. Fir'd at first sight with what the Mi,-.- imparts, 019 In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While, from the bounded level of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or lasts not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate...again. Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, 219 In fcarle-s youth we tempt the heigbts of Arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...to know, Make use of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow...the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again, Tir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, GhapS. While, from the bounded level of our mind,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...to know, make use of ev'ry friend— and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing; 215 iMnk deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow...intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. frVd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, in fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, 220... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...friend and ev'ry foe. A little learning is- a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Ifterian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. POPE. The Country Ale-house. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where, once, the sign-post... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...friend—and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierean Spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain;...imparts,. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. 21c If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth...imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, 200 While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But... | |
 | Horace - Criticism - 1812 - 198 pages
...fiemos de nós mesmos, quando Quisermos descobrir nossos deffeitos Consultemos amigos, e enimigos. A little learning is a dang'rous thing ; 215 Drink...again. Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, ]n fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, 220 While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short... | |
 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - English language - 1812 - 118 pages
...spite of trivial faults, is due. Pope's Ess. on Crit. A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope on Crit. See from the brake, the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...to this passage when he penned the well-known lines: A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; ,, There shallow...intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again. that he can thoroughly believe it, for none deny that there is a God, but those for whom it maketh... | |
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