 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...of thought, and of his native and original strength. — " Poetry (says Milton) is the art of expert judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long...reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention." * • It will hardly be necessary, after what I have said, to take notice of the opinions... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pages
...our time lost, partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts of riper judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities, partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...the acts of ripest judgment, and the final work of ahead fill'd, by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims, and .cop'ious invention. 1 hese are... | |
 | Matthew Davenport Hill - Boys - 1822 - 266 pages
...remark of a whimsical natural history which I have read, though I do not recollect its title; however and the final work of a head filled by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention." — " These are not (he continues") matters to be wrung from children, like blood from... | |
 | Matthew Davenport Hill - Boys - 1822 - 264 pages
...Landlord, 1st series, vol. ii. t Milton, in his little work on Education, reprobates the practice of " Forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are acts of ripest judgment, for acquiring the minor qualifications of grammatical correctness, and tact... | |
 | Precept - Great Britain - 1825 - 302 pages
...is but time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities, partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...reading and observing, with elegant maxims, and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...our time lost partly in ' too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities : * partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious in' vention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, ' like blood flowing out of the... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts of ripesfjudgment, and the final work of a head filled, by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims... | |
 | Classical education - 1829 - 188 pages
...idle vacan" cies, given both to schools and universities, " partly in a preposterous exaction, giving the " empty wits of children to compose themes, "...reading and observing, with elegant maxims " and copious invention. These are not matters " to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out " of the nose,... | |
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And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and... 
