 | Joel Hawes - 1842 - 200 страници
...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... | |
 | 1844 - 602 страници
...Hence the poet's advice is bulh true and important : 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. He who would read profitably must read with an humble and teachable mind, and be ready to embrace truth,... | |
 | 1844 - 558 страници
...treated, has never been more felt than at this moment. — ' A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. But drinking deeply sobers us again.' We might further illustrate the truth of our remarks, by calling... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1844 - 738 страници
...assume in ignorance the part of the country squire : " A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain." I do not assert that a knowledge of military tactics, or of law, is inconsistent with agriculture.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 страници
...defects to know, Make use of every friend, and every foe. A little learning3 is a dangerous thing ; Drink 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 imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1845 - 352 страници
...have been caught from a celebrated couplet of Pope : " A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring ; There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking deeper sobers us again." One would like to know what extent of acquired knowledge would... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 страници
...to know Make use of every friend — and every foe. ydC 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. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height of arts, 22C... | |
 | Thomas Stokes - 1847 - 94 страници
...by an English poet. (See Acts xvii. 28.) • , •" A little knowledge is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again." ',*; ii ,. , • . ч- • THE TABLE OF THE LORD \' „'".'-. y 'ilTü Is emblematical of the crucified... | |
 | 1848 - 622 страници
...doth bring tho mind back again to religion. Lord Bacon. 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. P Did Burns borrow, in a couplet that has become proverbial ? For rank is but the guinea's stamp... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 страници
...to know Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the 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... | |
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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. 
