Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... learned the way ? The learned are blind ; The proper study of mankind is man . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Some have at first for wits , then poets passed- See from each clime the learned their incense bring , For rising ...
... learned the way ? The learned are blind ; The proper study of mankind is man . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Some have at first for wits , then poets passed- See from each clime the learned their incense bring , For rising ...
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... learned , Genesis testimonio . God gave unto him knowledge and wit , A quo procedunt omnia , First of the grape wine for to get , Propter magna mysteria . The first miracle that Jesus did , Erat in vino rubeo , In Cana of Galilee it ...
... learned , Genesis testimonio . God gave unto him knowledge and wit , A quo procedunt omnia , First of the grape wine for to get , Propter magna mysteria . The first miracle that Jesus did , Erat in vino rubeo , In Cana of Galilee it ...
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... learned , " who was much renowned for his literary freaks , “ As for temples and pyramids in poetry , he has out- done all men that way ; for he has made a grid - iron and a frying - pan in verse , that , besides the likeness in shape ...
... learned , " who was much renowned for his literary freaks , “ As for temples and pyramids in poetry , he has out- done all men that way ; for he has made a grid - iron and a frying - pan in verse , that , besides the likeness in shape ...
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... learned the modern in- difference to truth which our facile modes of communicating thought have encouraged . A statement to be chiselled on rock must be correct ; a statement which can be written in five minutes is likely to embody only ...
... learned the modern in- difference to truth which our facile modes of communicating thought have encouraged . A statement to be chiselled on rock must be correct ; a statement which can be written in five minutes is likely to embody only ...
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... ancients and moderns have committed in speaking of the heavens or of the earth - of their revolutions , of their elements ; search -but you will find none . THE TESTIMONY OF LEARNED MEN . SIR WILLIAM JONES '. THE BIBLE . 105.
... ancients and moderns have committed in speaking of the heavens or of the earth - of their revolutions , of their elements ; search -but you will find none . THE TESTIMONY OF LEARNED MEN . SIR WILLIAM JONES '. THE BIBLE . 105.
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