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
| Francis Fellowes - Deluge - 1836 - 174 pages
...has, in this way, been not unfrequently exemplified: "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." To express the same general sentiment in the words of inspiration itself, professing themselves wise,... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. Л little learning is a dangerous thing ! 1 >riuk deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparta, In fearless youth we tempt the height of aru, 220... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1836 - 264 pages
...know, Make use ofev'ry friend — and ev'ryfoe. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink <}eep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow- draughts...the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. 3 Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Children - 1836 - 394 pages
...if Lucy would repeat four or five, he knew he could then go on cleverly. Lucy repeated — " ' Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we 'tempt the height of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind.'... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Brothers and sisters - 1837 - 356 pages
...if Lucy would repeat four or five, he knew he could then go on cleverly. Lucy repeated — " Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we 'tempt the height of arts, While, from the hounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
| John Comly - 1834 - 226 pages
...true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due." " 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." " Harmony of period, and melody of style, have greater weight than is really imagined, in the judgment... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or t Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth wo tempt the heights of arts, 3... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1839 - 146 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... | |
| Thomas Fuller - Biography - 1841 - 494 pages
...celebrated lines in the " Essay on Criticism : " — " 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." — EDIT. II. He desires to imitate the ancient Fathers, as well in their piety, as in their postures.... | |
| Henry Caslon - Printing - 1841 - 598 pages
...publici consilii particeps: notât et ABCVEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZjEŒ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPtlRSTU VWX YZJÎŒ 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; But more... | |
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