 Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.  American Tracts - Page 121827Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...devout prayer to that " Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance " and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with " the hallowed fire of his...altar, to touch and purify •" the lips of whom he pleafes. To this muft be " added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady ob" fervation, and infight... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he 'f pleafes." Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that a6t of piety fortified his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he " pleafes." • Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1804 - 480 pages
...be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapour of wine — nor to be obtained by the invocation of Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. MILTON, No species of poetry, perhaps, is more difficult of execution than the religious ; the natural... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...country. " This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to " that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and "...to touch and " purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and " select reading, steady observation, a"nd insight into all... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1804 - 398 pages
...to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his feraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleafes. To this muft be added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady obfervation, and infight into... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained Jby the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters; but by devout...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," 6 £c. We .must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit, which pervades these passages,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
..." is not to be obtained but by devout '< prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can eprich VOL. X. Y " with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out "..." to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " To this must rjp added, industrious and select " reading, steady observation, and insight into all... | |
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