 | 1776 - 478 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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. 
