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" 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 in books and shallow in... "
The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine - Page 40
1857
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1844 - 558 pages
...emphasis in the application which Milton's words bear to the state of our own country at this time : — Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep verst in books, and shallow in himself . Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 9

1845 - 638 pages
...to have prefixed to his collection Milton's lines, ' Many books. Wise men h'ivc said, are wearKume ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...• Uncertain and unsettled still remains— Deep verted in buoks and .\halloiv in hiniselj* This work is a mere emptying of an (other than) extensive...
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The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments

John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek ? 325 Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. 330 Or, if I would delight my private hours With...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truta lay all undiscovered before me.'— Spence't Anécdota, p-*4Who bers I And what he brings what need» he elsewhere þëÏ Uncertain and unsettled still remains; Deep versed...
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The Literary Emporium, Volumes 1-2

1847 - 434 pages
...of the mind, of which it only feeds the peccant humors. * Who reads Incessantly, and to his readings brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep read In books, but shallow in himself — MILTON. The latter state is not less to be dreaded, when...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth , I lay all undiscovered before me/ — Syttux't Antcdota, p. M. ith patience and complaisance, judgmont equal or superior, { And what he brings what nerds he elsewhere *Mk f) Uncertain and unsettled...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...Dot A spirit and judgment equal or superior, ( And what ho brings what needs he elsewhere Seek Ã) ye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these mattere, worth a «punge, As children gathering pebble« on the chore. Paradiu Rtyained, book rr. 294...
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Outlines of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...generalization : it was still " Uncertain and unsettled, Deep versed in books, and shallow in itself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore." The old philosophy, which in its youth and vigour...
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...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...collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Or, if I would delight my private hours With music...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' — Sptnce'g Antcdota, p. fi4. lways and everywhere ( And what he brings what needs he elaewhere seek f) Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep versed...
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