...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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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