 | 1776 - 478 pages
...search and know. But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know Or measure what the mind may well contain; Oppresses...soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. l5a Know then, that after Lucifer from fieav'n (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...as food, and needs no less Her temp' ranee over appetite, to know Or measure what the mind may we'-l contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, tlwt after Lucifer from Heaven (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...is left besides to search and know. 125 But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know In measure what the mind may...soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, that after Lucifer from Heav'n (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...Enough is left hesides to search and know. But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may...contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns V\ isdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. Know then, that after Lucifer from Heav'n (So call him,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...and know. li5 But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temp'rancc over appetite, to know Or measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses...soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 KNOW then, that after Lucifer from Heaven (?o call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | 1803 - 290 pages
...last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As.... Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers, and is allowed... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As, Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. Knowledge— This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...search and know. But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite to know Or measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses...soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, th.n after Lucifer from Heav'n (^o call him, brighter once amidst the host Of Angels,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...d in night; To none coiamunieable in Earth or Heaven : Enough is left besides to search and know. f But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the .miml'may well contain;; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This license, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers, and is allowed... | |
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But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. 
