 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
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...defects 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 draughts intoxicate the brain ; X 2 And drinking largely sobers us again. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, While,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...spring : There shallow draughts intoxieate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. Kir'il at first sight with what the muse imparts* In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Bhort views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But, more... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...know, • • Make use of ev'ry friend, and ev'ry foe. A Httle'leaining is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow...intoxicate the brain ^ And drinking largely sobers as again. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...defects 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...Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In tearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views... | |
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...Pierian spring ; There shallow drafts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse 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 length behind ; But more... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...foe. , , A little learning is a dangerous thing j Drink deep, or taste not the Pierean Spring i Their shallow draughts intoxicate the brain ; . . And drinking...imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the bounded levtl of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the hrain, And drinking largely sohers us again. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height of arts, 22C While from the hounded level of oor mind, AN ESSAY ON CRITlCISM. Dal more advanced,... | |
 | John Corry - London (England) - 1820 - 332 pages
...short, the acme of the art." He then vociferated, i " A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again." " Here," vociferated he, filling a bumper, " Here's to the memory... | |
 | John Corry - London (England) - 1820 - 328 pages
...in short, the acme of the art." He then vociferated, " A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again." " Here," vociferated he, filling a bumper, " Here's to the memory... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 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...imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the hounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But more... | |
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