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... The Paradise Lost - Página 8por John Milton - 1851 - 542 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 páginas
...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...his altar, to touch and purify " the lips of whom he-pleases. To this must be " added, industrious and select reading, steady ob" servation, and insight... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 páginas
...dame Memory and her siren daughters; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich Avilh all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases,"" &c. We must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit which pervades these passages, and... | |
| Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 páginas
...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 fc the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly tc up, as that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 páginas
...country. " This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayers to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...this must be added industrious and select reading,. * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen, William Spurstow. R. steady observation,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 páginas
...Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowiedge, and sends out his seraphim, with the haiiowe'd fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of...this must be added industrious and select reading, * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomer), William Spuislow. I{. steady observation,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 páginas
...country. " This," says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compast,... | |
| George Burnett - 1813 - 546 páginas
...trencher-fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must b« added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly arts and affairs... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 páginas
...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... | |
| James Ridgway - 1813 - 470 páginas
...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 páginas
...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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs; till which in some measure be compast, I... | |
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