I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine; like that which flows 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... Discourses, Reviews, and Miscellanies - Page 31de William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 603 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...Seraphim with the Above their frowns and smiles, the lofty page He forms, the wonder of each future age ! hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Johnson's whole account of Milton is a struggle and a conflict between his judgment and his prejudices;... | |
| James Ridgway - 1813 - 470 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness of " the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly " up, as that it... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness " of the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly up, as " that it... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 pages
...This," says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrici) with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly... | |
| Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 pages
...siren " daughters ; but by devout prayer to that " eternal spirit, who can enrich with all ut" terance and knowledge, and sends out his " Seraphim with the...to touch and purify the lips of whom " he pleases ; to this must be added indus" trious and select reading, steady observa" tion, insight into all seemly... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pages
...that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed tire of his .altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher-fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation...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 arts... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 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 ob" servation, and insight into all... | |
| 1816 - 700 pages
...of dame memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can inrich .with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." But forgetful of his high calling he still devoted himself to die service of the rebellious. Within... | |
| 1816 - 700 pages
...of dame memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can inrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." But forgetful of his high calling he still devoted himself to the service of the rebellious. Within... | |
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