Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. The Lives of the English Poets - Page 69by Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he 'f pleafes." Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that a6t of piety fortified his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he " pleafes." • Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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 " sends out..." arts and affairs; till which in some measure be com past, I refuse not to " sustain this expectation." From a promise like this, at once fervid, pious... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 480 pages
...invocation of Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. MILTON, No species of poetry, perhaps, is more difficult of execution than the religious ; the natural... | |
| Hannah Adams - Apologetics - 1804 - 398 pages
...to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his feraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleafes. To this muft be added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady obfervation, and infight into... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be (compassed at... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his...industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compassed at... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous .arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be xcompassed at mine own peril and cost, I refuse not to sustain this expectation from as many as are... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
..." is not to be obtained but by devout '< prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can eprich VOL. X. Y " with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out "...purify the lips of whom he pleases. " To this must rjp added, industrious and select " reading, steady observation, and insight into all " seemly and... | |
| English literature - 1806 - 576 pages
...not to be obtained but by. devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all •iterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the...whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious anrl select reading, steady observation and insight into-all seemly and generous arts and affairs,... | |
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