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" Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-search'd with saucy looks ; Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star,... "
The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 157
by William Shakespeare - 1823
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...light that was it blinded by. Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks ; Small have continual plodders ever...nights Than those that walk, and wot not what they arc. Too much to know, is to know nought but fame ; And every godfather can give a name. King. How...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...it upon a fairer eye ; Who dazzling so, that eye shall be his heed, And give him light that it was blinded by. Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,...continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from other's books. • Forkid was a very ancient mode of making bid more emphatical. Biron will study to...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1846 - 574 pages
...As, painfully to pore upon a book, To seek the light of truth ; while truth the while Doth falsely* blind the eye-sight of his look : Light, seeking light,...continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from other's books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have...
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Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...shall be his heed, And give him light that was it blinded by. Study is like the heaven's glorious s«n, That will not be deep-search'd with saucy looks Small...These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That gave a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk,...
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...ideas presented themselves. " Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks ; Small have continual plodders ever...Than those that walk, and wot not what they are." Love's Labour's Lott. " I was a scholar : seven useful springs Did I deflower in quotations Of crossed...
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Notes from Books: In Four Essays

Sir Henry Taylor - Essays - 1849 - 322 pages
...good-natured observer; yet these men of nomenclatures did not escape so easily in his hands : — * These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights. That...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are.' * So much for the sciolist. And next for the complaint of the adept. We do not desire to maintain that...
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The Shakspeare Calendar: Or, Wit and Wisdom for Every Day in the Year

William Carey Richards - 1850 - 132 pages
...LOVE'S LABOR LOST, Act v., Scene 2. NOVEMBER 16th. — Jiimes Furgurson, the astronomer, died. 1776. * These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are." LOVE'S LABOR LOST, Act i , Scene 1 . NOVEMBER 17th. — Queen Mary died. 1558. Just death, kind umpire...
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The Shakspeare Calendar: Or, Wit and Wisdom for Every Day in the Year

William Carey Richards - 1850 - 130 pages
...LOVE'S LABOR LOST, Act v., Scene 2. NOVEMBER 16th. — James Furgurson, the astronomer, died. 1776. '' These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they nre." LOVE'S LABOR LOST, Act i , Scene 1 . NOVEMBER 17th. — Queen Mary died. 1558. " Just death,...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851

Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 788 pages
...powers of the air, or the motions of the stars. In reference to the education of which I speak, " Those earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are." Let me not seem to speak lightly of the study of languages or the science of astronomy. The power and...
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Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Volume 6

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...there can be wisdom without incessant turning over leaves, recommends itself to wise judgments; for " Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will...ever won, Save base authority from others' books." Learned men without the living spirit which breathes in nature, are often but vainly wearing out their...
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