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" Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow... "
Books and Reading: Or, What Books Shall I Read and how Shall I Read Them? - Page 52
by Noah Porter - 1871 - 378 pages
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes

Thomas James Mathias - 1801 - 608 pages
..." He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, As children gathering pebbles on the shore." PR b-4. v. 32*....
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues. With Notes

Thomas James Mathias - 1803 - 614 pages
..." He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, As children gathering pebbles on the shore." PR b-4. v.jzi. To...
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Strathallan, Volume 1

Alicia Lefanu - 1816 - 550 pages
...wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings Not spirit and judgment, equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains: Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself; Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles, for choice matter. THE arrival of the great Miss...
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Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 13

1817 - 566 pages
...1817. He who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal ur superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in fiimsf!f."—MiLTOV, '• . i ' • • PART II. . • > '-i CRITICAL ANALYSIS. Medico-Chirwgical Transactions,...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 17

British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; A s children...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

1822 - 284 pages
...brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek T) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering...
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Paradise Regained: Samson Agonistes, Comus and Arcades

John Milton - 1823 - 220 pages
...to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering...
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Hints for Oxford [by J. Campbell].

John Campbell (M.A., Oxon.) - 1823 - 90 pages
...wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself; Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Paradise, Reg. iv....
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Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations

Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 574 pages
...his reading brings not A Spirit and Judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, tchat need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As ihildien gathering...
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Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral Relations

Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 578 pages
...reading brings not A Spirit and Judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what need he elseahere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As thildien gathering...
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