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" A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Page 107
by Alexander Pope - 1812
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...moral Poet ', too, will teach us the same lesson : " A lirle learning is a dangerous thing ; " Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. " There shallow...the brain, " And drinking largely sobers us again +." What then if THOMAS PAINE, who is well known tobe * Lord BACON was a serious believer in the Gospel...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...knovr , Make use of ev'ry friend— —and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring :' There shallow...Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts , In fearlessyouth we tempt the heights of arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...to know, Make use of ev'iy friend — and ev'ry .foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...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. But more...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend— and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...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; But more...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5

1808 - 408 pages
...to know, Make use of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. A little learning is и dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...largely sobers us again, Fir'd at first sight with «hat the Muse imparts, In fearless yonth we tempt the heights of arts, While Лот the bounded level...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous tiling ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. l-'ii't) at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts,...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 4

English literature - 1808 - 742 pages
...limits fit: — ' A little learning is a dangerous tiling, Drink deep or taste not the PicrUn sprint;, There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. J rpma'm, Mr. Editor, your obliged and .humble servant, I'. RAGAVIAH CHARY. Srrinaapatam, 98th March,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...to know, Make use uf ev'ry friend — ar.d ev'ry foe. A litllf learning is a dang'rous thing ; Drink air spoken iniparu, In fearless youth we tempt the heights or Arts, While from tile bounded level of our mind...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...great moral poet too, will teach us the same lesson : " A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again."(5) What then if Paine, who is both illiterate and immoral, insolent...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning it a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow...sobers us again. Fir'd at first sight with what the Mi,-.- imparts, 019 In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While, from the bounded level of...
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