 Teaching we learn ; and giving we retain The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes our mental magazine; Brightens for ornament, and whets for use.  Marriage: A Novel ... - Pagina 233door Susan Ferrier - 1819Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1796 - 470 pagina’s
...more possess'd; Teachingwe learn, and giving we retain 475 The births of intellect, when dumb forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes...for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie 480 Plung'd to ihe hilts in venerable tomes, And rusted in, who might have borne an edge, And play'da... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pagina’s
...posscst; Teaching, we learn ; and, giving, we retain 475 The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes...for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie 480 Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes, And rusted; who might have borne an edge, And play'da... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pagina’s
...more possest ; Teaching, we learn ; and, giving, we retain The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes...erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs, And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge, And play'da sprightly beam, if born to speech... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pagina’s
...more possest; Teaching, we learn; and, giving, we retain The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes...erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs, And rusted in; who might have borne an edge, And play'da sprightly beam, if born to speech;... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pagina’s
...possest ; Teaching, we learn ; and, giving, we retain The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. . Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes...erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs, And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge, And play'da sprightly beam, if born to speech;... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pagina’s
...possest; Teaching, we learn; and, giving, we retain . Ve births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. ;xn ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes...whets, for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition lie -v . Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes, ^ And rusted ; who might have borne an edge, N And ptey'da... | |
 | 1805 - 420 pagina’s
...Good sense will stagnate. Thoughts shut up want air, " And spoil, like bales unopened to the sun, " Speech ventilates our intellectual fire. " Speech...magazine ; " Brightens for ornament ; and whets for use.'1I cannot close my letter, without earnestly entreating you to devote a portion of each day to... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - 1806 - 432 pagina’s
...retain '• . , '*.. .: . ... .•a «V . .4.; »t« The Births of Intellect ; when dumb , foigot» . Speech ventilates our intellectual Fire; Speech burnishes our mental Magazine; Brightens for Ornament j and whets for Use* What Numbers, sheath'd in Erudition, lie Phing'd to the Hilts in venerable Tomes,... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pagina’s
...more possess'd ; Teaching we learn, and giving we retain The births of intellect, when dumb forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes...Brightens for ornament, and whets for use. What numbers, sheatu'd in eruditiou, lie Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes, And rusted in, who might have borne... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pagina’s
...more possest ; Teaching, we learn; and, giving, we retain The births of intellect ; when dumb, forgot Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes...erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tome). And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge, And play'da sprightly beam, if born to speech... | |
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