...design, to " leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die," with " devout prayer to that' Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge ;" and whether " in the troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes," or, " in the quiet and ( still air of...

...14, &c. of Symmons.s edition of Milton.s Prose Works, to which all our references arc made. mvocation of dame memory and her siren daughters, but by devout...sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' — Vol. I. p. 122. He then closes with a...

...I speak. " This is not to be obtained," says he, " but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that 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." Did the poet speak thus of his work ? And...

...invocation of Dame Memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit which can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of hu altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Such was Milton's ideal conception of his...

...or the vapour of wine," as Milton writes, if we quote his words rightly, nor yet " did he obtain it by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance, but by the invocation of memory and her syren daughters." He did not kindle with a bright, and honourable,...

...at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her...sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' Vol. I. p. 148. He then closes with a passage,...

...I. p. 1 14, &e. of Symmons's edition of Milton's Prose Works, to which all our references are made. invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters,...sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' — Vol. I. p. 122. He then closes with a...

...at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her...eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowlege, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips...

...at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her...enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends " But because the spirit of man cannot demean itself lively in this body, without some recreating intermission...

...aspirations of a heart imbued by the Spirit of prayer. You will, therefore, commence your pious labours "by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can...sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases."* In imitation of the blessed Saviour, who...