 | 1816 - 926 pages
...to follow tlie example of that exalted person who, projecting - о - - -' 'F but by devout prayt-rto that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and • knowledge, and sends out his seraphim witti the hallowed fire n!' his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases*." A singular... | |
 | Richard Esmond Comerford - 1817 - 152 pages
...the Muse's lyre ; * " This is not to be obtaiped, but by devout prayer, to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases !" When we compare these humble effusions of the soul,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Danae Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can...his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases : to this must be added industrious and select reading,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 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...Seraphim, with the " hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips " of whom he pleases. To this must be added, indus" trious and select reading,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...they were rugged and difficult indeed.'* He then proceeds to say, that this thing can only be done ' by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich...his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.'! Here we have nearly the argument and invocation of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 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 sends...seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 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 sends...seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 pages
...rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can...his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." His poetry, too, fails in the sweet, earnest, heart-tempered... | |
 | 1835 - 564 pages
...labour and intense study" as his portion of life, in the ardent hope that with their assistance, and " by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs," "but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...His seraphim with the hallowed fire of His altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases." You will seek Divine help by prayer ; and that which... | |
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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... 
