 How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.  Comus, a Mask - Page ixby John Milton - 1797 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 422 pages
...the good fortune, which we have not, of being born ready.clothed. Article ANTIQUITY, Vol. 1. p. 177. How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But mnsical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweetst Where no crude surfeit reigns.... | |
 | Voltaire - 1843 - 1304 pages
...the good fortune, which we hare not, of being born ready-clothed. Article ANTICUITY, Vol. 1 . p. 89. How charming Is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, Bat musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.... | |
 | Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pages
...Pyrrhick, three Iambuses : the fourth verse comprises a Pyrrhick, an Iambus, an Anapest, two Iambuses : How charm'|ing is | divine' | philos'|ophy ! Not harsh',...And a | perpet'|ual feast' | of nec'|tar'd sweets'. Sect. 7. — Mixed Alexandrine Verse. The Mixed Alexandrine verse is composed, like the Mixed Heroick,... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...this important subject is forcibly corrected by our great, and learned, and philo. sophical Poet— . How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweet, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Miltnn's Comut. Men of Phlegm. These " cool observers" of life... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 pages
...divine blessing, that celestial harmony in the life, which constitutes the moral beauty of virtue. ' How charming is Divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar 'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.' MILTON. * The substance of the above remarks, relative... | |
 | Precept - Great Britain - 1825 - 302 pages
...truly delightful, that we might exclaim, in his own words — How charming is divine Philosophy ! Nor harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets. — There is in it nothing more remarkable than the fact that it contains the germ of the Lancasterian... | |
 | Author of Art of improving the voice - Hair - 1825 - 280 pages
...and rugged parts of the road as smooth and level as we can, and cause you to exclaim with Milton — How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...dull fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute. COMUS. I.— ANATOMY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE HAIR. As it is impossible to understand the nature and... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...subject is forcibly corrected by our great, and learned, and philo. sophical Poet — How charmingf is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull...fools suppose, But musical as is' Apollo's lute, And a perpetnal feast of nectar'd sweet, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Milton's Comus. Men of Phlegm. These... | |
 | James Easton - 1825 - 116 pages
...to which his life had been dedicated. Philosophy is shown to be Not harsh and crabbed as dull foot] suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of necttr'd sweets, Where DO rude surfeits reign. The last work which this great man published was Spring,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...state. SK. Br. How charming is divine philosophy ! N*M harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, Bui musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Whnr DO crude surfeit reigns. List, list ; I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. 481 Ac.... | |
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