...Montaigne's reflexions and writings is the philosophy of life. How to live well and die well with him Is the prime wisdom ; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. To achieve this, he studied himself deeply and accurately ; he dissected and anatomized his feelings,...

...taught, she learn, 196 That, not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is...is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence : IK And renders us, in things that most concern, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek. Therefore...

...Canto \ Praties of Useful —Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure, and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is...impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern, Unpractis'd, unprepared, and still to seek. .' Paradise Lost, b. 8. The rapid extension of Mechanics'...

...obscure, and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Ts the prime wisdom : wjiat is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern, Unprartis'd, unprepared, and still to seek. 1 Paradise Lost, b. 8. The rapid extension of Mechanics'...

...MANNERS, RELIGION AND MORALS For not to know at large of tilines remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wiedom. MILTQX. PREFACE. Win x I qnittcd home ona little excursion in the spring of this present year,...

...; And be warned by Adam's advice and our own . to know, That which before them on the table lies, I Is the prime wisdom — what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. 12 3 te to say, the London, Monthly, 'and New Monthly Magazines. SHEPHERD. Come, come, nae sneerin'...

...Lane. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 316.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1829. [Price :»c/. " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is...concern, Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek." MILTOH. FRENCH PROCESS OF CASTING MEDALLIONS. VOL. XI. FF 434 FRENCH PROCESS OF CASTING MEDALLIONS....

...not to know at large of things remote, From use ohscure and suhtle, hut to knoir That which hefore us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom ; what...impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern Unpractis'd, unprepar'd, an$ still to seek. Therefore from this high pitch let us descend A"!ower flight,...

...rather too far, was glad to compromise, and for the sake of peace conformed to her rules. CHAPTER IX. That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom: what is more is fame, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern. Unpractised,...

...restricted to its appropriate use, and each subordinate to the nobler purposes of our entire nature, — " is fume, " Or emptiness, or fond impertinence ; " And renders us, in things that most concern, ' Then, as to intellectual pursuits, instead of conceding to the opposers of evangelical religion,...