...celebrated lines in the " Essay on Criticism : "— " A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There, shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again,"—EDIT. II. He desires to imitate the ancient Fathers, as well in their piety, as in their...

...what had seemed — but erroneously as we then found — the highest crest of the mountain : — Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts ; While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But...

...ignorance. This should teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow...the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and study late in life ; for it is too often...

...ignorance. This should teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow...the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and study late in life ; for it is too often...

...teach us to take the poet's advice : " A little learning ia a dangerous thing : Drink deep, or taate not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate...the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again." Nor is pedantry peculiar to those only, who begin to read and study late in life ; for it is too often...

...Pierian spring : There shallow draught? intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. 3 Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the height? if arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths...

...both true and important. A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep or taste not the Pierean spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. He who would read profitably, must read with an humble and teachable mind, and be ready to embrace...

...defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend-and ev'ry foe. A Hull' learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While from the bounded tevel of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more...

...Hence the poet's advice is bulh true and important : A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. He who would read profitably must read with an humble and teachable mind, and be ready to embrace truth,...

...Oratio de hominis dignitatc/ A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pieran spring; There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely, sobers us again, Alexander Pope. Una primera consideración que salta a la vista respecto a la oración sobre la dignidad...