| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...more possess'd; Teachingwe learn, and giving we retain 475 The births of intellect, when dumb forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire ; Speech burnishes our mental magazine ; Brightens for ornament, and whets for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie 480 Plung'd to ihe hilts in venerable tomes,... | |
| Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...posscst; Teaching, we learn ; and, giving, we retain 475 The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes our mental magazine; Brightens, for ornament, and whets, for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie 480 Plung'd to the hilts in venerable... | |
| Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...more possest; 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* What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs,... | |
| Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...more possest ; 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. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs,... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...possest ; 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. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tombs,... | |
| Literature - 1805 - 420 pages
...Good sense will stagnate. Thoughts shut up want air, " And spoil, like bales unopened to the sun, " Speech ventilates our intellectual fire. " Speech...burnishes our mental magazine ; " Brightens for ornament ; and whets for use.'1I cannot close my letter, without earnestly entreating you to devote a portion... | |
| Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...more possess'dj 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. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts, in venerable tomes,... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...possest; Teaching, we learn; and, giving, we retain . Ve births of intellect; when dumb, forgot. ;xn ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes our mental magazine ; Brightens, for ornament, and whets, for use. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition lie -v . Plung'd to the hilts in venerable... | |
| Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...more possess'd ; 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. What numbers, sheatu'd in eruditiou, lie Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...more possest ; 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. What numbers, sheath'd in erudition, lie, Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes,... | |
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