...quackery and imposture. Everywhere we see examples to confirm the truth of Milton's reproach: The man who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings why need he elsewhere seek?), Uncertain and unsettled still remains. Deep versed...

...comes in the wake of his rejection of the "Stoic severe": many books Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst...

...first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. 7648 Paradise Regained d than the death of an illuslon. 5795 The more original a discove judgement equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled...

...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...

...Blake's vision of a prophetic discourse model: . . . "[M]any books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...

...(And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...spunge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. 4 The earth has had to forget its books, says FD Maurice, that it might recover its men.6 Men come...

...gloomily penetrating and disillusioned comments on men and their motives by Tacitus. It is the old story; "who reads incessantly and to his reading brings not a spirit and judgment equal or superior" is liable to lose the advantages of his reading. After all, it doesn't require very much effort to...

...resemblance only meets, 320 An empty cloud. However many books Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads0 Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek),0 Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed...

...been weakened by this perpetual brain stuffing. By every reader let Milton's words be borne in mind: "Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings...collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore." When Webster was a boy, books were scarce, and...

...pretious life-blood of a master spirit, itnbalm'd and treasur'd np on purpose to a Life beyond Life. Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep-versed in books, but shallow in himself. EABL OF CLARENDON, 1608-1674. He that doth not think...