 How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.  Scraps - Page 103de Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 392 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1828 - 442 pages
...angry wars, Hear but thy billows distant hymn. POPULAR SCIENCE. " How charming Is divine philosophy 1 Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose. But musical as is Apollo's lute.* MILTON'S Paradise Regained. I. ANIMATED NATURE. ' And God said, let them have dominion over the fish... | |
 | 1829 - 838 pages
...mind. This is the true philosophy of life, a philosophy indeed " Not harsh and crabbed as dull men suppose But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of Dectared sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns." ' The word temper, (with the epithets a good or bad... | |
 | 1829 - 460 pages
...according to the increased distance at which we ar* compelled to seat ourselves. POPULAR SCIENCE. ' How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools snppote. But musical as is Apollo's lute.1 — Comiu. I.— ANIMATED NATURE. And God said, let them... | |
 | William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 104 pages
...progress, however, we may exclaim of Philosophy in general, as the Poet with perfect truth, exclaimed " How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." Having shown that the direct road to philosophy, is through the diligent exercise of sense, perfect... | |
 | 1830 - 582 pages
...philosophy, hut in vain ; she reads the Bible, and scarcely any thing else, and lives to adorn its doctrines. How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, Perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reign». " It is a faithful saying and worthy... | |
 | Richard Todd, Douglas C. Wilson - 1992 - 266 pages
...students will see that not only does it beat watching wrestling on TV, it is worthy of Milton's words: How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose But musical as in Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. READING... | |
 | Bhikhu C. Parekh - 1993 - 600 pages
...philosophy the very reverse of that so justly, as well as beautifully, described in Milton's Comus: 'How charming is divine philosophy Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose — ' " 48 During the course of his pilgrim's progress, Orestes A. Brownson took up many of the popular... | |
 | Roger Backhouse - 1994 - 404 pages
...gentleman's [FCS Schiller's] particular bete noire, it will be as Shakespeare said (of it remember) 'Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute,' etc. (5.S37)22 A division of labour presupposes a common enterprise. For Peirce there is a difference... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...younger brother to exclaim (one must imagine the audience listening): How charming is divine philosophy I Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. (476-80) At this point they hear someone approaching,... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1998 - 182 pages
...praiseworthy diligence; but where did you ever see them feed their souls? At what fountains of sweet philosophy— "Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute," — have you beheld them drink of that Marah — that divine bitter, which refreshes the germ of immortality... | |
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