...great poetical work, "a work," he says, — " Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of • From the introduction to the second book of" The Reason of Church Government," &c. Vot. I. pp....

...shame to covenant with my knowing reader, that for some years yet I may go in trust with him towards the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work that requires industrious and silent reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous...

...knowing reader, that some few years yet I may go in trust with him toward the payment of that for which I am now indebted ; as being a work not to be raised...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her syren daughters ; but by devout...

...Olympian struggles : for the work, (') • Not to be raised from the heat of vouth , or l\\c fumes of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen...parasite : nor to be obtained by the invocation of d.imc Memorv and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with...

...they will then aрpenr to all men ensy and pleasant, though they were rugged and difficult indeed. -, A work not to be raised from the heat of youth. or the vapours of wine ; like thst which flows et wiMte from the pen of sorne vulgar amourist, or the trencher ftiry of a chyming...

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...embryo.—" I do not think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that, for some few years yet, I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted (an heroic poem), as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine ;...

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...him toward the payment of what I arn now indebted" (alluding most probably to his Paradise Lost) ; " as being a work not to be raised from the heat of...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...

...they will thfn appear to all men easy and pleasant, though they were rugged and difficult indeed. " A work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine ; like that which flowi at waste from the pen of some volgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor...