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" 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 21
by Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pages
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 1

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...was to wear. Dry den. A little learning is a dang'rous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the picriim spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope. All which, I grant to he reasonably and truly sajd ; and only desire, they may be remembered...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...to know, Make use of erery friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink minister a cure to it: but he telleth us plainly,...may be mended by lim ; but for my part I own myse Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height of arts, 220...
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Lectures to Young Men on the Formation of Character &c

Joel Hawes - Character - 1831 - 186 pages
...both true and important. A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep or taste not the Pierean spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. He who would read profitably, must read with an humble and teachable mind, and be ready to embrace...
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The Poetic Reader: Containing Selections from the Most Approved Authors ...

Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...resistless day. Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, Make use of eveiy friend — and every foe. 65 Fir'd 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 lengths behind ; [prise,...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 51

Naval art and science - 1882 - 1002 pages
...whose means of living are taken from him, that — " A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers ns again." Unfortunately, other people have to pay the penalty for the intoxication. Further, the Shipping...
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Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature

Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - History - 1833 - 268 pages
...shrewdness of observation upon men and manners, has said — "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." This opinion, so agreeable to the pride of learning, has been re-echoed by thousands with whom no poet...
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Discources and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature

Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - American literature - 1833 - 280 pages
...shrewdness of observation upon men and manners, has said — "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." This opinion, so agreeable to the pride of learning, has been re-echoed by thousands with whom no poet...
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The Philomathesian, Volume 1

Periodicals - 1834 - 392 pages
...activity, would not be impaired and he lose all spirit .and interest in the pursuit of learning. " Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely, sobers us ngain. " A prevalent opinion is, that the best exercise, is that which...
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The Printing machine (or, Companion to the library) [ed. by J.H.L. Hunt].

576 pages
...shrewdness of observation upon men and manners, has said— " A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Dnnk deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brail], And drinking largely sobers us again." This opinion, so agreeable to the pride of learning,...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...your defects to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing : 215 Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring...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, 220...
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