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" He was wont to say that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly and their lives with .disorder. "
Pneumanee; or, The fairy of the nineteenth century - Page 4
by Pneumanee (fict.name.) - 1814
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Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...

baroness Rachel Russell - 1809 - 542 pages
...not after the usual form, lie died a martyr. Mr. Locke ascribes to him a noble saying, viz; " That it is not " the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that " fills men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder." And it is greatly to be lamented,...
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Letters of Lady Rachel Russell: From the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn ...

Lady Rachel Russell - 1809 - 536 pages
...though not after the usual form, he died a martyr. Mr. Locke ascribes to him a noble saying, viz. " That it is not " the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that " fills men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder." And it is greatly to be lamented,...
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The works of John Locke. To which is added the life of the author ..., Volume 9

John Locke - 1812 - 492 pages
...spoken it again. He was wont to say, that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will that filled men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder. That there were in every one, two men,...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...it spoken again. He was wont to say, That wisdom lay in the heart, not in the head; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's minds with folly, and their lives with disorders : that there was in every one two men,...
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Pneumanee: Or, The Fairy of the Nineteenth Century

John William Cunningham - 1815 - 296 pages
...laugh yourself, though you know not the subject of his merriment. " It is certainly true," she said, H that wisdom lies more in the heart than the head;...the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the wilt, that makes people both disorderly and wicked." M 133 Lucy entered with some paste and a strip...
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The British Prose Writers...: Lady Russell's letters

1821 - 340 pages
...though not after the usual form, he died a martyr. Mr. Locke ascribes to him a noble saying, viz. " That it is not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that fills men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder." And it is greatly to be lamented, that...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 9

John Locke - 1823 - 496 pages
...spoken again. He was wont to say, that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder. That there were in every one, two men,...
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Letters

baroness Rachel Russell - 1826 - 296 pages
...though not after the usual form, he died a martyr. Mr. Locke ascribes to him a noble saying, viz. ' That it is not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that fills men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder.' And it is greatly to be lamented, that...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...nobleman deserves to be remembered : ' That wisdom lay in the heart, not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder.' DC. WJ 175 The triple bond he broke]...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...nobleman deserves to be remembered : ' That wisdom lay In the heart, not in thf head ; anil that It was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly and their lives with disorder ' Dr. JW ,. THE POEMS OP DRYDEN. Got,...
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