 E'er smelt it out, and grubb'd it from the dirt. An art it is, and must be learn 'd; and learn'd With unremitting effort, or be lost, And leave us perfect blockheads in our bliss. The clouds may drop down titles and estates; Wealth may seek us; but wisdom...  The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts - Seite 82von Edward Young - 1802 - 383 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...fraud and cheat : An art to encumber gifts and wit, And render both for nothing fit. BUTLER'S Hudibras The clouds may drop down titles and estates, Wealth may seek us — but wisdom must be sought. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. For just experience tells in every soil, That those who think must govern those... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Richard M. Smith, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John Patrick McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1872 - 650 Seiten
...plant, that spreads and towers Slow as Columbia's aloe." Be not, however, discouraged. Remember that " The clouds may drop down titles and estates; Wealth...else We seek on earth!) 'tis never sought in vain." ATTENTION, OFFICERS! — Vacancies exist in many trustee boards. Fill up! The names of the new appointments... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...late. Seize Wisdom ere 'tis torment to be wise ; That is, seize Wisdom ere she seizes thee. YOUNG. The clouds may drop down titles and estates ; Wealth...else We seek on earth !) 'tis never sought in vain. YOUNG : Night Thoughts. Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead:... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 Seiten
...it is, and must be learnt ; and learnt With unremitting effort, or be lost ; And leaves us perfect eight groaning ; till the day Appear of respiration...obscurely then foretold, Now amplier known thy Sav Fint, pleasure's birth, rise, strength, and grai deiu see. Brought forth by wisdom, nurst by discipline,... | |
 | Joseph B. Gross - 1876 - 482 Seiten
...must be learn'd ; and learn'd With unremitting effort, or be lost; And leave us perfect blookheads, in our bliss. The clouds may drop down titles and...else We seek on earth ! 'tis never sought in vain." of the Gospel, without the observance of any statutory Jewish laws, even the moral law, falling under... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 Seiten
...wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.' Bayard Taylor. 3520. WISDOM : must be sought. THF. softly, falleth the snow, Over the valleys, lone and...outspreading wide. All the noisome city street Shows pure an Yvu:¡£. 3521. WISDOM : of Providence ALL is best, though oft we doubt What the unsearchable dispose... | |
 | 1876 - 516 Seiten
...choicest gift — flowers. Render your surroundings pleasaYit and make glad the hearts of the children. " The clouds may drop down titles and estates, Wealth may seek us. but wisdom must be sought."— Young. A school population of 9,333 employed last year, forty-eight teachers, at an average salary... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 Seiten
...late. Seize Wisdom ere 'tis torment to be wise ; That is, seize Wisdom ere she seizes thee. YOUNG. The clouds may drop down titles and estates ; Wealth...else We seek on earth!) 'tis never sought in vain. YOUNG: Night Thoughts. Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyatt - 1879 - 624 Seiten
...it is, and must be learn'd ; and learn'd With unremitting effort, or be lost ; And leaves us perfect blockheads, in our bliss. The clouds may drop down titles and estates ; 620' Wealth may seek us ; but Wisdom must be sought ; Sought before all ; but (how unlike all else... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 508 Seiten
...prostrate figure of Caesar, laurel crowned, covering his face with his robe of imperial purple. 374377. ' Wealth may seek us ; but wisdom must be sought ; Sought before all.' In this simple and noble design, Blake's thoughts wander from the abstractions of the English poet... | |
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