 | Henry John Todd - 1826 - 458 pages
...trencher fury of some riming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit,...reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs." Mr. Hayley therefore may be justified in his opinion, that Milton read,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compassed, at mine own peril and cost,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 372 pages
...dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich \vith all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim,...reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compassed, at mine own peril and cost,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1826 - 548 pages
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' Vol. I. p. 122. * From the Introduction to the second book of ' The Reason for Church Government &c.'... | |
 | Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit,...his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleuses.' Vol. I. p. 122. * From tlie Introduction to the second book of ' The Reason for Church Government... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...This,' says he, * is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit that can eurich 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 compassed,... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance, and all knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim, with the hallowed...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which hi some measure be compassed,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...knows not what, that may be of use and honour to his country, he adds; " This is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can...the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify whom he pleases." — Here then we see, that Milton's invocations As thou art wont, my prompted song,... | |
 | United States - 1827 - 634 pages
...Milton.s Prose Works, to which all our references arc made. mvocation of dame memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' — Vol. I. p. 122. He then closes with a passage, showing from what principles he forsook these delightful... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Education - 1827 - 436 pages
...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...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Did the poet speak thus of his work ? And shall the divine, or the candidate for the sacred office,... | |
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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... 
