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The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 15
by Young people - 1877
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The Task

William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men? Wisdom in...The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and squared, and fitted to its place, mt encumber whom it seems to' enrich, .edge is proud...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...Bolt-court, Fleet-street. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 75.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1825. In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom,...unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom bauds, Till smooth'd, and squar*d, and fitted to its place, J)oes but encumber whom it seems t' enrich....
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The task. [Followed by] Tirocinium

William Cowper - 1825 - 252 pages
...his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in...Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials y*\\.\v \j\v\cli wisdom builds, Till smooth'd and scjiatei, Does but encumber whom it seems to' enrich....
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Hints to Parents ...: No. I[-VI], Issues 1-6

Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...knowledge." " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own." The method is widely different from that which is too frequently pursued, and is at variance with the...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; 90 Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge,...The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd. and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. 95 Knowledge...
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Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery

William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...his books, knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, lave ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells n heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to t\\eit iyjm. nowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds Till smoothed,...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in...The mere materials with which Wisdom builds. Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Wisdom is...
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The Broad Stone of Honour: The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry : Second ...

Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1828 - 416 pages
...being Christians : they deserve to be esteemed wiser, as well as more virtuous, for Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more *." There is such a thing...
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Letters to a Friend: On the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties, of ..., Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Apologetics - 1829 - 342 pages
...salvation." — Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom...The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems t'enrich. Knowledge...
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The English master; or, Student's guide to reasoning and composition

William Banks (teacher of composition.) - 1829 - 492 pages
...difference; " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." To aim at precision in writing, will always be found conducive to the intellectual improvement of the...
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